Re: Thoughts on going open source?

Posted by Raven<Nabble> on
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Thoughts-on-going-open-source-tp7601493p7601734.html

GregChapman wrote

What is the relationship between "open source Nabble" and Blasma?

At one point we were being told Nabble users would be migrated to the new product Blasma as Nabble development was to be suspended.

Now it appears that there is a new team behind Nabble and going open source is seen as an alternative way forward that has the potential to continue its development and, perhaps, the link between Nabble and a forthcoming Blasma has been broken. Is that the case?

I'm not involved with Blasma, so from my perspective, Nabble is separate to Blasma. There isn't a timeline for Blasma.

Open-source Nabble isn't a huge thing, so it's not really a replacement for anything.

What has changed since the posts on here about Blasma is that Nabble is generating ad revenue again. I have an interest in Nabble continuing to run and generate revenue.

There are small changes that Nabble needs to continue to remain viable, such as bug fixes. But if anyone wants additional things, new features and such, that's where open source comes in. They could contribute code or even commission me to do it.

As will be known, I am keen to see Nabble better documented and this may be an area where I could assist the team currently driving Nabble forward.

Documentation would be great. We could work something out to make it easy to contribute. Maybe a wiki.