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Love to discover the full story (what with hardware startups being in the ascendancy and all). Also did a quick check : ROS is at https://github.com/ros https:
by mdda 14y ago
Love to discover the full story (what with hardware startups being in the ascendancy and all).
Also did a quick check : ROS is at https://github.com/ros https://github.com/ros, OpenCV at https://github.com/itseez/opencv https://github.com/itseez/opencv (a mirror of the code at code.opencv.org). It's morbid I know, but this is one hugely positive aspect of Open Source : The code lives on...
- dljsjr 14y agoAs mentioned in the article, these projects don't "belong" to Willow Garage anymore, anyway. OpenCV is being overseen by Itseez, and ROS is being overseen by the Open Source Robotics Foundation. More to the point, all of Willow Garage's code that they've been key contributors/supporters to (ROS, PCL, OpenCV, etc.) are all currently being used as the official software platform for the DARPA Robotics Challenge, which is only 4 months in to a potential 3 year long competition. None of these projects are going anywhere.
- mdda 14y agoUnderstood - but it's one thing having good intentions, and another having been stewards of genuinely community-based projects. I was just doing a quick check for where the code was sitting. Willow Garage obviously contributed a lot to the whole field, and I'm glad that their legacy will remain available for all.