Developer discussion for Creative Commons technology and tools

["Nathan Yergler" <nathan AT creativecommons.org>]

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On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Daniel Arcoverde <dfarcoverde AT gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Nathan,
>
>     1. I will write my proposal. But I take a doubt, when you say "Tracking
> image source information in documents: in addition to pulling images", you
> mean an additional (plus)? I mean, in addition to what was proposed by the
> CC, add more this feature. Talk a little more about this feature.

Sites like ccmixter.org allow you to see what source works were
remixed to make a new work.  It'd be interesting if when you pulled
images into a document the source URLs were tracked as well so you
could do similar history tracking to find out what pieces were used to
create the final document.

>     2. Moreover, I need to know if CC find interesting a plug-in for Eclipse
> which would allow the developer to add the CC license to code.

No; CC licenses are not appropriate for software.

>    3. If so, I will try to prepare 2 proposals. One for each idea above,
> unless you recommend me just one.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Nathan Yergler <nathan AT creativecommons.org>
> wrote:
> > Two proposals for Flickr+OOo have come in thus far; I'd rate both as
> > average (although I've only skimmed them).  I'll read/give feedback on
> > anything you send by 5pm PDT Sunday, March 30.
> >
> > A couple other ideas that come to mind:
> >
> > * Tracking image source information in documents: in addition to
> > pulling images from a web source such as flickr, store the source and
> > attribution information in the document.  I'm not sure what the
> > appropriate scope of this is -- Draw? All of OOo? Something else
> > entirely?
> > * Add DAM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_asset_management)-like
> > features to an existing media management application (ie, rich
> > metadata support, etc)
> > * Build on the DAM project CC did last year
> > (http://code.google.com/p/cc-dam)... it's super rough, super simple
> > but maybe someone else has ideas about how to build it out.
> >
> > Nathan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Daniel Arcoverde <dfarcoverde AT gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > Nathan or Asheesh,
> > >
> > >        In another email Asheesh said: "If you have a project in mind,
> tell
> > > us and we'll help make sure it is a good fit for your skills and our
> needs;
> > > and also, if you have a fully-written project proposal, we'd love to
> read it
> > > and give you feedback before you submit its final form". Already have
> > > someone interested in these projects that I interested? If so, what do
> you
> > > recommended me? I want to prepare a proposal that I have more chance of
> > > winning. Until when can I send a proposal to you so that I can receive a
> > > feedback?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Daniel Arcoverde
> <dfarcoverde AT gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Nathan and others
> > > >
> > > >      Please verify if I am correct. The idea is to make the Open only
> > > search by tags, filters for licenses, and add. There is no scope to add
> CC
> > > license notice to the document itself, okay?
> > > >      Nevertheless, when you say "because it involves substantial new
> > > development work", some reuse can be done the work of Cássio Melo? Or
> > > rather, I need to use part of the work or is it totally new?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Nathan Yergler
> > > <nathan AT creativecommons.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > The Draw support for the CC OOo Addin isn't on the SoC list because
> we
> > > > > didn't feel that it was of the appropriate scope.  It's mostly just
> > > > > adding support for embedding the image in the Draw document (the
> > > > > metadata would be the same as in the other document types).  The
> > > > > Flickr Image Re-Use for OOo is more interesting to us because it
> > > > > involves substantial new development work.  Note that we mentioned
> > > > > Flickr in particular because they support retrieval of CC licensed
> > > > > photos through the search API.  I don't believe that Picasa has
> > > > > similar support (although I'd be ecstatic to be proven wrong), so
> it's
> > > > > not an appropriate back end choice for the project.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'd encourage you to ask any questions you have here on the list so
> > > > > that the maximum number of people can chime in; you'd be working
> with
> > > > > myself or Asheesh Laroia as your mentor on the Flickr + OOo project.
> > > > >
> > > > > Nathan
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Daniel Arcoverde
> > > <dfarcoverde AT gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi people,
> > > > > >
> > > > > >    I want to participate in GSoC. I'm Computer Science Msc Student
> at
> > > > > > Federal University of Pernambuco and I'm interested in two
> projects in
> > > the
> > > > > > following order of priority.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1. Extend CC OOo Addin to Support Draw [or equivalent]. I don't
> > > understand
> > > > > > why this project is not on the list of GSoC.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 2. Flickr (or Picasa) Image Re-Use for OpenOffice.org [or
> equivalent]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have great interest in contributing to CC projects and I believe
> > > that I'm
> > > > > > a suitable person to carry out any these projects, especially
> because
> > > I know
> > > > > > a person (Cássio Melo), which also participated in GSoC (Plug-in
> CC
> > > for
> > > > > > OpenOffice.org) and can help me to meet with the project.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My native language is Portuguese, but I have no problem working
> with
> > > > > > English.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any mentor can help me?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Daniel Arcoverde
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> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Daniel Arcoverde
> > > Diretor Presidente
> > > CITi - Centro Integrado de Tecnologia da Informação
> > > + 55 (81) 8854 8535
> > > + 55 (81) 2126 8430 r 4764
> > > www.citi.org.br
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> Daniel Arcoverde
> Diretor Presidente
> CITi - Centro Integrado de Tecnologia da Informação
> + 55 (81) 8854 8535
> + 55 (81) 2126 8430 r 4764
> www.citi.org.br