Hi Wale Many thanks Yes, I have been discussing that issue with IT people here
And I would likely keep a developer on pay from the current team to serve that role Yes, the marketing is key! I would hope to continue to generate interest and convince the community this is worth doing I read newsletters are still good way for that? What would your suggestions be? THanks David > On Nov 14, 2018, at 5:23 PM, Wale Olaleye <railsfever...@gmail.com> wrote: > > David, > > Before you opensource the project, you will want to have a Senior RoR > developer comb through to make sure the authentication credentials that > should be private have been removed from the source code. These could be API > keys, database passwords e.t.c. Even if it's removed from the current version > of the source code this information is available in the git repository > history, which is just a normal function of version control systems... they > allow you to go back into the past. So if you just click the button and open > source the project as-is you can open yourself to several security risks. > Perhaps the idea will be to cleanup secret info from the app then port the > files into a fresh git repo which of won't contain the history. You will also > need to ensure that for new code development security errors like this are > avoided. Same applies to the android app if you want to opensource that. > > Essentially my point is that to be successful at running an opensource > project in any language you need Sr software developers that are committed to > being gatekeepers of the code, else things can go downhill pretty quickly. > You might consider paying 1 or 2 trusted people to take on this role. > Additionally to get code contributions from developers you will need to do > some type of "marketing" to generate interest. Developers will not just > contribute code and keep contributing simply because the software is > opensource. > > > -Wale > http://railsfever.com/ <http://railsfever.com/> > https://www.linkedin.com/in/fullstackwebdeveloper > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/fullstackwebdeveloper> > On Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 3:25:21 PM UTC-4, David Hughes wrote: > Hi all > I am a scientist at Penn State University and the United Nations Food and > Agricultural Organisation. I work to help poor farmers in Africa and > elsewhere grow more food by combatting pests and diseases. There are two > ways we do this: an Android app that runs TensorFlow object detection offline > inside the food without a web connection (see here > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlpS-DhayQA>). The other way is through an > Open Access library on content called PlantVillage with a QA forum. This > platform is 6 years old and had around 8 million visitors with around 80-100k > new month. https://plantvillage.psu.edu/ <https://plantvillage.psu.edu/> > The platform is RoR > > All of this is a public good, aimed at helping poor farmers who typically > earn a few dollars/day. I am spending a lot of money on developers (in India) > and I raise money with grant writing etc. I am having issues around quality > and cannot afford the necessary QA. > > I was wondering if I open sourced the site would your community be interested > in helping? We work directly with farmers and through the United Nations. It > really can be a very impactful project > > My goal is an AI-driven platform that is the number 1 resource in the world > for smallholder farmers around the world. All ad free and without haresting > their data to sell > > I would love to hear your views on whether open sourcing would be a good idea > and would people join in? > > Thanks > > David > > David Hughes > Dept Entomology & Biology, > Penn State > https://sites.psu.edu/hugheslab/ <https://sites.psu.edu/hugheslab/> > https://plantvillage.psu.edu/ <https://plantvillage.psu.edu/> > dhu...@ <>psu.edu <http://psu.edu/> > @zombieantguy, @plantvillage > 814 863 6073 (Office) > > ……………………………………….. > 2018-2019, UN FAO Fellow, Rome and visiting professor at La Sapienza, Rome > ……………………………………….. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/9d5d29e0-b548-443e-810f-059f7e5d527d%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/9d5d29e0-b548-443e-810f-059f7e5d527d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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