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I see no reason why Twitter should open source their app. They have absolutely no obligation to, and IMO, should not be pressured to do so just because some blo
by king_magic 15y ago
I see no reason why Twitter should open source their app. They have absolutely no obligation to, and IMO, should not be pressured to do so just because some blogger feels that " there is an increasing divide between the UI patterns in their Android app versus the UI patterns that most developers work with".
The author says: "And lastly, Twitter should release this app because they said they would.".
Well, here is the statement from Twitter:
"We had a great time working with the Android team and are thrilled that Google will be open sourcing the code used in this app in the near future."
Saying Google will open source the code used in this app is completely different from saying "we ourselves will open source this app". It almost certainly means that Google will open source some small component that is used in the app. IMO, it is a bit of a leap to interpret that statement as saying "Twitter will open source the app".
IMO, in the absence of a more complete statement from Twitter regarding open sourcing their app, it is dishonest of the blogger to say Twitter "has no interest in making good on their word" when it seems like the blogger is putting words in Twitter's mouth. If a more explicit statement exists from Twitter, then the blogger should have cited that, instead of the slightly-but-not-really-ambiguous statement from Twitter that he used.
- chuinard 15y agoFrom what I've read, they have said it a few times. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4014426/twitter-android-app-source-code http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4014426/twitter-android-a... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3413980/android-twitter-app-source-code http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3413980/android-twitter-a... Twitter has a solid collection of open source stuff on GitHub, i.e. the Twitter Bootstrap. Sure, maybe they don't have to release the ENTIRE app, but it would be ideal if they could contribute some of their work (such as the UI patterns) back to the community.
- king_magic 15y agoI've searched for more info on this, and each time it comes back to that one quote I posted. That quote, IMO, absolutely is not saying Twitter will open source their app. It sounds to me like they were saying Google would open source some code used in the app. Maybe I'm missing something, but I really do not see that quote the same way the OP does.
- chuinard 15y agoIf I changed the words from 'said they would' to 'said it would be', would that be satisfactory?
- king_magic 15y agoNo, I don't think so. If Twitter's statement changed from this: "We had a great time working with the Android team and are thrilled that Google will be open sourcing the code used in this app in the near future." To this: "We had a great time working with the Android team and are thrilled that we will be open sourcing this app in the near future." Then I would have been convinced.
- fizguerra 15y agoI would be satisfied.