Posts tagged nooku
Why Nooku
I have been asked this very question many times in the past three years. So far my answer always has been : “I am passionate about creating free software, building web architectures and collaborating with others”. While this is 100% true it’s not the complete answer.
Being removed
A little over three years ago my involvement in the Joomla project was abruptly ended. On the 20th of October 2008 I received the following mail
… you have been effectively inactive for more then a year now. Because of this we concluded that you have no plans to be actively and constructively engaged with this team any more … We would like to thank you for your huge contributions to the project. Without you the project would absolutely not be where it is today.
Two days before, on the 18th of October, I had finished my work on the removal of legacy libraries and legacy code for Joomla 1.6. My last SVN commit to Joomla 1.5 was made on the 11th of January 2008, only 9 months earlier.
Still on 20th October 2008 my SVN access was removed. Suddenly I was no longer allowed to contribute to the very project I had put my heart and soul into building.
Almost ironically a week later I received the most valuable person award for Joomla from Packt Publishing.
Presentation from JandBeyond 2011 in the Netherlands covering Nooku’s path from vision to architecture.
Understanding Open Source
Talking to people at open source events, and recently at JandBeyond, I’m always surprised how easily people use the excuse ‘I don’t have time to contribute’ to the open source projects they use personally or as part of their business.
Those same people are however quick to point out governance issues, code bugs and missing features. Some of them even dare to demand for solutions for their problems.
There is no them nor we, there is only us
In recent discussions with people from the Joomla Project I have been made aware of a growing perception among the Joomla leadership that Nooku is not only a direct competitor with Joomla, but also that Nooku is trying to actively take developers away from Joomla.
Nooku is a project for developers, integrators and hackers alike. We aim to bring developers together. We prefer collaboration over competition to grow our code and we welcome anyone who is willing to contribute in a constructive and respectful manner. We accept that we are all in this together, striving to create better software; striving to make ours and others people’s lives easier.
The commons in which we - The Nooku Community - work contains software under an OSI-approved licence free from usage restrictions with guaranteed freedoms to use, study, modify and distribute it – “free software“. Our Nooku contributors each work at their own expense in order to achieve a shared outcome that benefits all, including
themselves.
Nooku Jam 2010 Rotterdam - The Movie !
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Frameworks, Forks and Distros. Oh My!
I was guest on the Joomstew Radio last week. In the first part of the interview we talked about the Nooku Project, Nooku going GPLv3, our recent team workshop and our plans for the future.
The second part of the interview focusses on my recent blog post ‘Fork or distro, a matter of intend’. We touch on the topic fork, distros, upstream contributions, collaboration in an open source community and look at the challenges the Joomla Project is facing at the moment.
Nooku is going GPLv3
Last July the question was raised in the Nooku Community about moving to the GPLV3 license. Today I am very pleased to announce (official announcement) that we are adopting the GPLv3, LGPLv3 and AGPLv3 licences for all future releases of Nooku. Versions previous to 0.7 remain under the GPLv2.
The move to GPLv3 is designed to suit the needs of Free Software in a developer market that is clearly demanding more flexibility and protection of each individuals’ rights.
Last summer I had the pleasure of coaching and facilitating the Beyounic Team at their first workshop. We spend a whole week crafting their many ideas into a vision and strategy. The result : Ohanah, a social event platform.
In the past year I have seen them grow as team and as a company. I was pleasantly surprised when they asked me to become their strategic advisor.
Being able to pass on my open knowledge and experience to such a talented team is a real honor, one I will fulfill with dedication.
Keep a close eye on these guys, you will hear from them for sure in the months to come.
Impressions from the Joomladay Hungary 2010. Already the 4th Joomladay organized in Hungary. I have attended all and am looking forward to celebrating the 5th edition in 2011.
Impressions from Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology (Y4iT).
I gave two talks : ‘Open Source Your Career’ and ‘Intro in Nooku Framework‘
Nooku Jam Manila 2010 organizing team ! From left to right : Rey Gigataras, Myra Siason, myself and Israel Canasa. Thnx guys and girl for an amazing event !
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I was guest on yesterdays Joomstew podcast. We talked about the importance of transparent and simple processes to grow a productive developer community.
We discussed the different tools we use at Nooku to grow our developer community, like Assembla.com for our Nooku Developer Portal and Google Groups for our mailing list.
Nooku Community Contributors at J and Beyond 2010.
Left to right : Mathias Verraes, David Deutsch, Tom Janssens, Johan Janssens, Gergő Erdősi, Stian Didriksen, Torkil S. Johnsen.
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Johan Janssens is co-founder of Joomla, an open source content management system. Johan also held the role of Lead Developer and Project Manager during the development of Joomla 1.5.
Today, Johan spends most of his time working on Nooku, an innovative open source web platform and application development framework.
Johan is also co-founder and CEO of Timble, a privately held software company that offers products and services for Nooku and Joomla.
