Developer discussion for Creative Commons technology and tools

[Jason Butz <jasonbutz+cc AT gmail.com>]

In all honesty I am not really sure what attracted me to the browser extension. It just seemed a little bit more interesting than the other ideas that were on the idea page. I guess it was also something that seemed like a simple concept in general, but it has a lot of flexibility and possibility. 


-Jason

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Nathan Yergler <nathan AT creativecommons.org> wrote:

Hi Jason,

Thanks for your interest in CC's GSoC.  Robert (ea4xgr) has started
work on a Firefox version of the extension, but it's not that far
along.  I think a Chrome version would be very interesting, as well
(and perhaps easier to get started with extension development),
although I can understand that it might not be as interesting to you
to work on if you personally prefer Firefox.  Can you tell me a little
bit more about what sort of project you want to work on (ie, what
attracted you to the browser extension)?  That might help me think up
other ideas that would be a good fit.

With respect to your Wave idea, I guess I'm not clear what the CC
angle is; I've been told there's a bot you can invite to your Wave to
apply a license to it, but frankly my experience with Wave is quite
limited.

Thanks again for your interest!

Nathan

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Jason Butz <jasonbutz+cc AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello. I am a student and I am interested in the whole GSoC thing. I spoke
> on the IRC channel to ea4xgr and briefly to nkinkade and expressed an
> interest in the Attribution Helper Browser Extension idea. ea4xgr said that
> he was working on this project and asked me a few questions about my
> interest. One of the things that I don't want to do is to take a project
> from someone who is enjoying working on it, unless they would really like
> another person on the project. ea4xgr asked me if I were interested in doing
> the extension for Firefox or for Chrome. I personally prefer Firefox, but
> have not worked on an extension for Chrome or Firefox so I would have to
> learn how to do it either way.
>
> If anyone knows of a different project they might suggest please feel free.
> I am including what sort of things I have experience with. I know C++, Java,
> PHP, and a little _javascript_. I can also do SQL, but have worked mostly with
> MySQL. For version control I have used svn. I am also very interested in
> learning new things. I have taken many classes on a variety of topics. I
> actually graduate with a BS in Computer Science very soon, but I have
> checked the rules for GSoC and I still can enter.
>
> An idea that I have had while typing this up is an extension for Google Wave
> so that waves can be marked as a certain type of content. Does anyone know
> of something like this that already exists? Would this be something that
> might work for a GSoC project? Please feel free to let me know what you
> think, I am always open to new ideas.
>
>
> -Jason Butz
>

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