Developer discussion for Creative Commons technology and tools

[Nathan Yergler <nathan AT creativecommons.org>]

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Isuru Udana <isudana AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the information.
>
> You mean we have to propose a project which we can use bring CC to other
> tools/ platforms. As far as I see Open Attribute has all the requirement
> specified in the project idea. If I found any other way to improve the Open
> Attribute extension can I submit a proposal based on the same idea?

Yes! Thinking about it a little more, I know that OpenAttribute
currently has different javascript for Opera, Chrome, and Firefox.
It'd be great to see those unified so that it gives consistent output
across platforms. That's probably not enough on its own for GSoC, but
maybe it's a starting point?

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> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Nathan Yergler
> <nathan AT creativecommons.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Isuru,
>>
>> Sorry for the delayed reply; we're currently moving the CC office,
>> which has caused some delays in, well, getting things done.
>>
>> I think that a successful project will build on OpenAttribute, but we
>> don't have specific ideas about what needs to be changed/improved.
>> We're really interested in students who are passionate about CC and
>> who have an idea of how to bring CC to other platforms or tools.
>>
>> NRY
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Isuru Udana <isudana AT gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 4:09 AM, Chris Sakkas <sanglorian AT gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Isuru,
>> >>
>> >> How would your extension be different from OpenAttribute?
>> >
>> > I was about to ask the same question.
>> > I tested the openAttribute extension on Firefox and found that almost
>> > all
>> > the feature requests given in the project description is implemented in
>> > openAttribute. But in the project description says that we need to
>> > improve
>> > the openAttribute.
>> > I am not clear about what needs to be done in this project.
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>
>> >> Chris
>> >>
>> >> On 27 March 2011 05:07, Isuru Udana <isudana AT gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>> I am a final year undergraduate from department of Computer Science
>> >>> and
>> >>> Engineering University of Moratuwa.
>> >>> I am interested in doing a project of CC for Google summer of code
>> >>> this
>> >>> year.
>> >>>
>> >>> After going through the ideas list I am very much interested of the
>> >>> idea
>> >>> Attribution Helper Browser Extension.
>> >>>
>> >>> I am very much familiar with Firefox and chrome extension development.
>> >>> The extensions which I have created for Firefox has been accepted by
>> >>> the
>> >>> Mozilla community after reviewing the code[1].
>> >>> So I am very much confident that I have the ability to work on the
>> >>> Chrome/Firefox extension.
>> >>>
>> >>> Can some one please suggests me a starting point to work on this
>> >>> project.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/quickproxy-54908/
>> >>>
>> >>> Thank you
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Isuru Udana
>> >>> Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
>> >>> University of Moratuwa.
>> >>>
>> >>> Web: http://isudana.tk/ Blog: http://mytecheye.blogspot.com/
>> >>> gTalk: isudana  skype: isudana
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Chris Sakkas
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>> >
>> > --
>> > Isuru Udana
>> > Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
>> > University of Moratuwa.
>> >
>> > Web: http://isudana.tk/ Blog: http://mytecheye.blogspot.com/
>> > gTalk: isudana  skype: isudana
>> >
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> Isuru Udana
> Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
> University of Moratuwa.
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> Blog: http://mytecheye.blogspot.com/
> gTalk: isudana  skype: isudana
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