+1 Erik Uzureau wrote: > Since Señor Schmidt has been so good about carrying the new ClearBSD > license forward[1], the time has come once again to talk about the > idea of an Addins directory. > > The idea behind Addins is to create a space in the OpenLayers > repository where we can put layers, controls, and other OpenLayers > related projects that don't quite belong in the core distribution of > the library, but that people might find useful. > > The hope with Addins is that it will be a fertile ground for people to > show off tricks and gadgets they've built that do cool things with > OpenLayers and that they're interested to give back to the community. > Off the top of my head, a couple of specific projects seem like worthy > candidates: > * WMS Manager (getCapabilities-enhanced layerswitcher tool) > * Generally Improved LayerSwitcher (grouping, dragging-to-reorder) > * Driving Directions library (code that works with OLS or pgRouting > to request and display routing information on an OpenLayers Map) > > I'm sure there are many other projects that could qualify. > > It is important to distinguish between the sandboxes and the Addins > directory. The former is a playground for people to experiment. The > code is not covered by any license and is indeed in a sort of > "free-for-all" state. The latter, however, will be exclusively for > established projects interested in a more formal release process. Code > in the Addins directory will be covered under the ClearBSD license, > and tags will be made for compatibility with different OL versions. > > A proposed directory structure might look something like this: > > /sandbox > /branches > /trunk > /trunk/openlayers > /trunk/addins > /tags/openlayers > /tags/addins > > Please let me know what you think of this proposal, and if you think > you have a project that you would be interested in releasing in the > Addins directory. > > Cheers, boa noite, > Erik > > > [1] http://trac.openlayers.org/changeset/4985 > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > >
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