You're more than welcome to fork the project, obviously, but I'm going to put in the suggestion that IA get more proactive about pushing the project so maybe we can have a "deadline to fork" if they don't get more on board?
Because I think what we want ideally is not just the functionality of Open Library code but having the existing infrastructure be supported and maintained better, but I'm willing to try to have a conversation about that with IA first if we think we can get some developers on board to really dig into the code. I have a few wishlist things I'd like to see happening that are mostly design-y in nature that would be some good first steps, but some of the existing code base interacts with code that is not open source on the Archive's servers (I think) so just forking it won't give you a functional version of Open Library. I'm not even sure from a structural perspective who can commit code from within the current github repo (or if I'm even using those words correctly) ________ Jessamyn librarian.net ::: jessamyn.com ::: jessamyn.info ::: box 345, randolph vt 05060 On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 9:05 AM, todd.d.robb...@gmail.com <todd.d.robb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Colby, > > Let's jumpstart that movement by forking > https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary > > > On Sunday, June 7, 2015, Karen Coyle <kco...@kcoyle.net> wrote: >> >> +1 >> >> On 6/7/15 8:25 AM, Colby Russell wrote: >>> >>> On 06/06/2015 09:32 AM, jessamyn c. west wrote: >>>> >>>> It's a thing that isn't built into the back end so they've been >>>> reluctant to do it' but it's never a bad idea to ask again. >>> >>> >>> The Internet Archive/Open Library isn't pushing OL as an open source >>> project hard enough. >>> >>> The Open Library should be at least as useful as IMDB is for films, but >>> it's not. Not having enough content is one thing. I can help fix that, >>> and would, but every time I have a go at editing, I run into not just >>> hurdles but full-on roadblocks of the sort we're already discussing >>> here. And that's been the case for years (both the existence of the >>> roadblocks and the ineffectual discussions around them). >>> >>> It comes down to inadequacy of the code and the lack of direction in OL >>> as a project, every time. >>> >>> The Internet Archive could put out a call that says, "Hey, we're really >>> looking for some help here", and it would reach the front page of HN >>> /tomorrow/ and the codebase would be teeming with attention. That >>> interest might wane. It almost definitely will. But OL should be able >>> to come out of it with at least half a dozen or so serious contributors >>> in the end, which in turn would allow an actual community of content >>> editors to form. It requires, though, that IA/OL position itself as >>> appearing interested in help, and that's not the case right now. >>> >>> -- >>> Colby Russell >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org >>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >>> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >>> ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org >>> >> >> -- >> Karen Coyle >> kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net >> m: 1-510-435-8234 >> skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600 >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org > > > > -- > Tod Robbins > Digital Asset Manager, MLIS > todrobbins.com | @todrobbins > > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org
