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  • From: Stas Sușcov <stas AT nerd.ro>
  • To: cc-devel AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [cc-devel] GSoC 2010, proposal for adding CC licenses in WordPress Media Manager
  • Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:01:50 +0200


Hi,
I'm a long time fan of WordPress project (currently i'm Romanian
localization team driver), and I saw your Developer Challenges where you
are offering a way to contribute to both the CC community and WordPress
project so, I'm really interested this summer in dedicating some time
(coding) for Open Source and that's why I would like to apply.

I like both ideas of the WP plugins you described (hope the proposal for
the RDFa plugin will come from the guy who started it last year), and
here's some ideas I got for the Media Manager part:

* Write the code that can handle the licenses data and update
automatically that (fetch it from a webservice or hack to get updates
from existing webpages). Hook it with the update/query process to get it
automatically maintained. (The Model)
* Write the code that can handle fetching of the licenses (if exists
one) on embedded media. Add some filters to `the_content` that
will render license notes under media. Maybe some JavaScript hover. (The
View)
* Write the logic part for media manager, where end-user will be able to
select a license for the uploaded media, themetadata will be
stored offering an option to be edited after.
* Add settings option where user will be able to define a default type
of license which will be applied in case of fast publishing. Or, maybe
choose some license types which will be used and skip (not show) the
whole list.

I'm also a Free Software activist for the last couple of years
(http://softwareliber.ro/en is our community website), so I'm interested
in giving back to Open Source, and CC seems to be one of the right ways
of doing that.

If there are any ideas or thoughts on my proposal, I will be happy to
read them.
Thanks.

P.S.: My WordPress profile: http://profiles.wordpress.org/c00l2sv

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