> I must test out a few plugins created by others. I want to test them > separately, i.e on default spaces, and include them if they fulfill my > needs.
I have a "scratch" space that I use for sandboxing experiments and playing with unfamiliar plugins. > Is it OK to simply create a space with an established plugin name and > put up that plugin there? The question is probably more about the name > napping aspect than the right to (re-)publish it. I understand it is > legally OK but with the creation of tiddlyspace we're on unchartered > waters regarding best practice, what will maximize the benefit of the > community and TW etc. The best way to publish plugins on TiddlySpace is currently to publish two spaces, one with the plugins that need to be included and one that acts as a demo space. For example: http://myplugin.tiddlyspace.com/ - Space containing the plugin and any required subsidiary tiddlers http://myplugindemo.tiddlyspace.com/ - An example space that shows off the plugin In the simple cases people would publish their own plugins. However when the author isn't available it seems reasonable for the community to publish the plugins on their behalf (subject to the original license conditions, of course). I guess many people in that situation will worry that they end up being the private owners of something that might be better treated as a community asset. A few ideas that spring to mind: * To avoid the situation where somebody inadvertantly namesquats an important plugin name, we could introduce, say, "tiddlyspace" as a special username that people can add as a member of their spaces to indicate that the space is intended to be a shared social asset. We could then have an offline process for curator members of the community to request membership of particular spaces * A specialist group like Osmosoft could formally adopt orphan plugins and publish and maintain them on behalf of the community > It is also an issue because a plugin (or any code), published for > inclusion on tiddlyspace - but not by the creator - will eventually > get outdated and tiddlyspace users will continue to use it. And if the > original author is not the space creator then he may not be able to > update it even if he wants to. I know of at least one prominent plugin > author who earlier has expressed annoyance when people copy plugins > from other sources than the original only to get an outdated one and > then complain about it. This phenomenon is likely to increase on > tiddlyspace if not dealt with. Ironically, of course, TiddlySpace is designed to make it easier to keep things up to date. I'm interested in making it possible for externally hosted static TiddlyWiki files to participate on TiddlySpace, by setting up some sort of proxy/alias space. So for example, jeremy.tiddlyspace.com might be equivalent to content stored in a static TiddlyWiki at http://jeremystiddlywiki.com/ > Maybe this will be solved with some kind of webcrawling thingy, > locating and converting existing remode plugins to tiddlyspace ones > (and either update existing ones or creating a new space for it) but > for now I see problems looming. > > Maybe an intermediate solution like including the original author as a > member will suffice? (But one must know his tspace name... Maybe > backstage could list at least the more prominent coders names?) Or > maybe a clause stating that creators have a right to contact Osmosoft > and gain access to code that is exclusively written by them (i.e > single plugin spaces) and using their established plugin name?.... > > (To some extent I guess this is also a call for creators to publish > their used-by-others-stuff on tiddlyspace.) Best wishes Jeremy > Thank you. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To post to this group, send email to tiddlyw...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en. > > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:jer...@osmosoft.com 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 tiddlyw...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
