7 ms·

Moving PhoneGap to the Apache Software Foundation

78 points by timf 15y ago

dgavey 15y ago
I think this will be generally great for the PhoneGap community, but I can't say I like the name Apache Device Bridge. There has got to be something better than that. Off the top of my head, how about "Apache Web Bridge"?
- Legion 15y ago
  The post suggests the name DeviceReady, not DeviceBridge. Though as a commenter pointed out, the deviceready.com domain is already taken.
- cpeterso 15y ago
  And ADB is already an acronym for Google's "Android Debug Bridge" utility.
rmason 15y ago
I think the Apache move is positive. But the name choice is just horrible. What's wrong with Apache Mobile?
- ceejayoz 15y ago
  "Apache Mobile" sounds like a mobile web server, IMO.
tmcw 15y ago
Pardon my ignorance: why would a project want to be moved to the Apache Software Foundation?
- Joakal 15y ago
  1) No longer want to develop on it but don't want it to go to obscurity. 2) Free hosting and willing Apache developers audience.
- daleharvey 15y ago
  Open source projects vary in 'openness', especially with the recent popularity of companies releasing open source products but strictly controlling them, which makes them less attractive for 3rd parties to depend on. The Apache Foundation goes to a lot of work to make sure that open source project operate in a certain spirit, they encourage to have a diverse set of committers (so they arent all from one company), they also provide some insurance on the legal side of things
  - hannibalhorn 15y ago
    It sounds like the legal insurance may be one of the bigger drivers in this instance. I find it rather maddening that a clothing chain has problems with the PhoneGap name - there's absolutely no chance of consumer confusion here.
- michaelbuckbee 15y ago
  If I see a project is supported by the Apache Foundation I consider it to be a more serious undertaking than I otherwise would. There are no end of frameworks and applications that are released as open source and then later abandoned (which is as it should be), the ASF imprimatur is a decent indication that the project will be around a while.
adamfeldman 15y ago
This link doesn't work on the iPad - you just get forwarded to the iPad version of Google Groups at https://groups.google.com/forum/m/ https://groups.google.com/forum/m/. You can view the proper post at https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/phonegap-dev/vFy8GCcHiY4 https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/phonegap-dev/vFy8G...
zubairov 15y ago
That's a great news, and it will be very beneficial for both PhoneGap open source framework and ASF Foundation. Clear governance rules in ASF foundation will definitely be stimulative for other developers to participate.

78 points by timf 15y ago

I think this will be generally great for the PhoneGap community, but I can't say I like the name Apache Device Bridge. There has got to be something better than that. Off the top of my head, how about "Apache Web Bridge"?

Legion 15y ago
The post suggests the name DeviceReady, not DeviceBridge. Though as a commenter pointed out, the deviceready.com domain is already taken.
cpeterso 15y ago
And ADB is already an acronym for Google's "Android Debug Bridge" utility.

rmason 15y ago

I think the Apache move is positive. But the name choice is just horrible. What's wrong with Apache Mobile?

ceejayoz 15y ago
"Apache Mobile" sounds like a mobile web server, IMO.

tmcw 15y ago

Pardon my ignorance: why would a project want to be moved to the Apache Software Foundation?

Joakal 15y ago
1) No longer want to develop on it but don't want it to go to obscurity. 2) Free hosting and willing Apache developers audience.
daleharvey 15y ago
Open source projects vary in 'openness', especially with the recent popularity of companies releasing open source products but strictly controlling them, which makes them less attractive for 3rd parties to depend on. The Apache Foundation goes to a lot of work to make sure that open source project operate in a certain spirit, they encourage to have a diverse set of committers (so they arent all from one company), they also provide some insurance on the legal side of things
- hannibalhorn 15y ago
  It sounds like the legal insurance may be one of the bigger drivers in this instance. I find it rather maddening that a clothing chain has problems with the PhoneGap name - there's absolutely no chance of consumer confusion here.
michaelbuckbee 15y ago
If I see a project is supported by the Apache Foundation I consider it to be a more serious undertaking than I otherwise would. There are no end of frameworks and applications that are released as open source and then later abandoned (which is as it should be), the ASF imprimatur is a decent indication that the project will be around a while.

adamfeldman 15y ago

This link doesn't work on the iPad - you just get forwarded to the iPad version of Google Groups at https://groups.google.com/forum/m/ https://groups.google.com/forum/m/. You can view the proper post at https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/phonegap-dev/vFy8GCcHiY4 https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/phonegap-dev/vFy8G...

zubairov 15y ago

That's a great news, and it will be very beneficial for both PhoneGap open source framework and ASF Foundation. Clear governance rules in ASF foundation will definitely be stimulative for other developers to participate.