> Could you or someone explain a little about the "ownership" of TW and > it's various forms? I mean, as a regular user I see a risk of things > forking apart when the key developer goes his own way. What of TW is > left at BT? Will proprietary issues arise (BT owns Osmosoft, right) - > or is all things TW property of UnaMesa? Are there intentions (at > least from your side) to keep things compatible? As a general user, I > use vanilla TW but also many tiddlyspaces. Are you involved in the > latter?
The copyrights and intellectual property in TiddlyWiki are held by UnaMesa on behalf of the community. BT has the same rights to use the software that you or I do. I'll be working on TiddlyWiki alongside Osmosoft, who will also no doubt be doing more TiddlyWeb and TiddlySpace work. I'll be working closely with Chris and the rest of the community to bring some much needed architectural and stylistic updates to the TiddlyWiki code. > ...and, any elaboration on what "making TW good" means in your > perspective, ie. what would your focus be (browser compatability, > mobile focus, features, easier for newcomers, more commercial > designs, ...?) Hope this is not rude of me to ask but because you are > such a key individual for TW and it is a tool I use it would simply be > valuable to get a sense of direction. (I think this question becomes > extra pressing when it comes to open source projects driven by > individuals. When you have a commercial tool like, say, a Windows or > an Apple product, then you know the focus for them is to make the > products as user friendly and as commercially powerful as possible, > very carefully listening to the user needs. Not necessarily so with > open source of course.) To start with my goal is to update the TiddlyWiki build process so that it's easier to work on the code. There's a lot of updating and streamlining to do to make TiddlyWiki's basic functionality usable, and I guess that will be the focus for a while. But as soon as possible, I'd like to pick up TiddlyWiki5 (possibly under a new name): a major new release that breaks backwards compatibility. Best wishes Jeremy > On Nov 9, 3:00 pm, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]> wrote: >> After four and a half years, I've decided to leave BT in order to >> return to working as an independent consultant. Osmosoft will continue >> within BT under the leadership of Matt Lucht, and I'll be doing some >> work back to Osmosoft to help out. The formal announcement is here: >> >> http://osmosoft.com/#%5B%5BJeremy%20Ruston%20to%20leave%20BT%5D%5D >> >> I'm hoping that through consulting I'll be able to work with a wider >> range of people who are interested in TiddlyWiki, TiddlyWeb and >> TiddlySpace. I also intend to focus some much needed time on >> TiddlyWiki. I've started work on improving the content of >> tiddlywiki.com, and am starting work on replacing the TiddlyWiki build >> tools cook and ginsu with a more flexible toolchain based on node.js. >> Once those two bits of infrastructure are in place then I'll pick up >> TiddlyWiki5 again. I'm enjoying this work immensely; one of the >> frustrating consequences of my position at BT was that I couldn't >> spend much time coding. >> >> I'm enjoying the feeling of decompressing. To be sincere and >> constructive in working for an organisation like BT, you have to take >> on the problems and perspective of the organisation as a whole. The >> process is fascinating and instructive, and I've learned a lot from >> it. But now I have the luxury of exchanging those concerns for some >> much simpler ones: making TiddlyWiki good, and being able to earn a >> living because of it. >> >> I'll do my best to answer any questions, >> >> Best wishes >> >> Jeremy. >> >> -- >> Jeremy Ruston >> mailto:[email protected]://www.tiddlywiki.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en. > > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] http://www.tiddlywiki.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
