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I know the verb "open-sources" is not well defined, but... Publishing 2 github repositories, each with several classes which are mostly trivial, is not "openso

by yuvadam 16y ago

I know the verb "open-sources" is not well defined, but... Publishing 2 github repositories, each with several classes which are mostly trivial, is not "opensourcing". Much like the fact that a weekend project is not a "startup".

fleetingthought 16y ago
From Wikipedia: "The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials." I'd imagine this falls in to that category. The takeaway for me is that the code is useful, regardless of the size, and they took the time to let other folks enjoy it.
- yuvadam 16y ago
  Don't get me wrong, I think highly of Greplin, and appreciate every line of open code. The process itself it to be highly appraised. But I've seen much larger open source patches - that are no less important - that have received much less publicity that this.
  - budu3 16y ago
    They might be getting a disproportional amount of publicity compared to much larger more complex projects, in your opinion, but that doesn't negate the fact that it is still open source.
rmc 16y ago
The Linux kernel was announced on 25th August 1991 by Linus Torvalds as just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu
- sigil 16y ago
  Are you really comparing these github projects to the initial release of the Linux kernel? Have you read the source to either? Or stopped to consider their scope or potential impact? Not to disparage the Greplin team's work -- I think it's totally awesome that they keep open sourcing pieces of their infrastructure. We should all be doing more of this.
nl 16y ago
Publishing 2 github repositories, each with several classes which are mostly trivial, is not "opensourcing" Err, yes it is. If you are going to try and be pedantic then at least be accurate. A more accurate version of your complaint would be "They shouldn't get so much attention for open sourcing a few classes". That argument has some merit, but actually the bloom filter library is something that Java has been missing for a while (I know, because I've written one in Java myself).

by yuvadam 16y ago

fleetingthought 16y ago

From Wikipedia: "The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials." I'd imagine this falls in to that category. The takeaway for me is that the code is useful, regardless of the size, and they took the time to let other folks enjoy it.

yuvadam 16y ago
Don't get me wrong, I think highly of Greplin, and appreciate every line of open code. The process itself it to be highly appraised. But I've seen much larger open source patches - that are no less important - that have received much less publicity that this.
- budu3 16y ago
  They might be getting a disproportional amount of publicity compared to much larger more complex projects, in your opinion, but that doesn't negate the fact that it is still open source.

rmc 16y ago

The Linux kernel was announced on 25th August 1991 by Linus Torvalds as just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu

sigil 16y ago
Are you really comparing these github projects to the initial release of the Linux kernel? Have you read the source to either? Or stopped to consider their scope or potential impact? Not to disparage the Greplin team's work -- I think it's totally awesome that they keep open sourcing pieces of their infrastructure. We should all be doing more of this.

nl 16y ago

Publishing 2 github repositories, each with several classes which are mostly trivial, is not "opensourcing" Err, yes it is. If you are going to try and be pedantic then at least be accurate. A more accurate version of your complaint would be "They shouldn't get so much attention for open sourcing a few classes". That argument has some merit, but actually the bloom filter library is something that Java has been missing for a while (I know, because I've written one in Java myself).