Thanks Mike, I've taken note! Mike Linksvayer <[email protected]> writes:
> "building CC support into actual applications" is great at should be > highlighted, but not ideal at all for a new contributor: > > - Sometimes trivially simple, so much so not really interesting > - Beyond the trivially simple, requires really significant > understanding of relevant standards and practices and how they might > relate to what application in question does > - Either of the above requires long-term maintenance or functionality > will quickly be abandonware, not working with new versions of > application, etc > > But as a consequence of the above, fixing bugs and doing evaluations > and filing bugs against existing code which builds, or once > halfway-built CC support into some application is valuable, eg various > extensions that have been developed for WordPress, Drupal, and > Firefox. > > I think it'd be interesting for whatever becomes of a CC developer > portal to also highlight applications that CC doesn't work on > directly, but already do support CC in some fashion. This collection > would be varied enough in implementation language, application domain, > etc, that anyone who wants to code for free culture (or something like > that) could find something they'd be really excited about. And > improvements in applications that people use to create, curate, etc > free culture, OA, OER, etc, are a big long-term win for CC. > > Some obvious applications: > * Booki > * Freesound > * GNU FM > * MediaGoblin > * Mediawiki > .... > > Mike > > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Christopher Allan Webber > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Likely not, agreed that building CC support into actual applications the >> most important thing at this point. Probably worth a clean-out of that page. >> >> Nathan Yergler <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> Are there any "challenges" listed on that page beyond >>> http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Build_Creative_Commons_licensing_into_more_content_creation_applications >>> that CC actually cares about these days? >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Christopher Allan Webber >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> There are some good suggestions on ways to help there, as well as on >>>> http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Developer_Challenges (sadly not updated >>>> in a while). >>>> >>>> I think the best thing that can be done for now is to build CC licensing >>>> tools into your favorite program. For example, we have a plugin for >>>> openoffice, there are several for wordpress, and OpenAttribute for >>>> firefox, etc. I'm struggling to think of python-specific applications >>>> that are in most need of CC licensing help at the moment, though. >>>> >>>> - Chris >>>> >>>> PS: If you really are interested in helping, you could help assist with >>>> fixing bugs in our website and etc: >>>> http://code.creativecommons.org/issues/ >>>> >>>> I suspect that's not very exciting! But if you are interested, feel >>>> free to join us in channel #cc on irc.freenode.net >>>> >>>> Good luck and have fun! >>>> >>>> - Chris >>>> >>>> Stas Sușcov <[email protected]> writes: >>>> >>>>> Hello and welcome, >>>>> I'm not from inside the CC team, but I think you could take a look at >>>>> developer's wiki pages: >>>>> http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Developers >>>>> >>>>> Hope it helps. >>>>> Good luck! >>>>> >>>>> În data de Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:00:58 +0200, Rj redoc <[email protected]> a >>>>> scris: >>>>> >>>>>> i forgot to mention that i have no previous experience of such >>>>>> projects. i >>>>>> am a college student in my second year and i know basic level python. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Rj redoc <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> hello. I have learned basic python and want to contribute something to >>>>>>> this organisation and in the process expand my knowledge and >>>>>>> experience.could anybody please help me where to start. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> cc-devel mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> cc-devel mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel >> _______________________________________________ >> cc-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel _______________________________________________ cc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel
