OpenEuphoria

Re: Euphoria will be Free and Open Source!

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Sep 20, 2006
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Terry Constant wrote:
> How will the various attendant decisions be made. I know that you are 
> already asking for input on the license to follow. How about things like 
> where will the code repository and so forth be? Now you provide for the 
> hosting of such things. Will you continue to do so? Will some things be 
> hosted by you and some at other sites such as SourceForge? The EUforum? 
> . . .?

I intend to continue operating the RapidEuphoria.com web site
just as before, including EUforum and the file Archive.

If there are advantages to putting the source code on SourceForge
then that's what we'll do. I haven't thought about it yet.

> Will there be some sort of oversite committee? Will you provide overall 
> oversite? I am sure that you have already been a bit overwhelmed by 
> considering such things. I certainly do not expect a complete proposal 
> now. But, do you have a time table in mind? Some things already thought 
> out? Some things to be decided, perhaps with user input?

I haven't thought things out in great detail.
I haven't been an open source developer before.
Obviously a "political" process will be necessary,
but I don't know if it will be carefully designed
or will simply evolve. It is not my intention to act as 
a dictator, nor will I have that power once the source is out. 
I imagine new features will be discussed on EUforum, and if
there is a consensus, and if there is someone willing to do the
work, then things will move ahead. I won't have a veto, but I
imagine that if I make a big enough stink about a feature, 
people will tread carefully. I could refuse to put my "blessing"
on a version of the language, or even ban it from my site,
but that version could be offered via another Web site. People 
will be able to add features to their own copies of the code, 
and try to convince others of the value of those features. 
If a feature proves to be popular it would then be likely to 
be added to some official version. A dozen different flavors of
Euphoria might emerge, but people generally want to stick with
the mainstream, rather than being the only person using a particular
obscure version of a programming language.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com