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| We're open-sourcing the code that runs [[http://launchpad.net/|Launchpad.net]]. The process will be completed by 21 July 2009, coinciding with the 3.0 release (see the [[Releases/2009Calendar|schedule of releases]]). == Why open-source Launchpad? == This isn't just about freeing up the code; we have a chance to do something unique among open-source collaboration sites. A new Launchpad release comes out every month; furthermore, bleeding-edge changes to Launchpad quickly go live through the [[https://help.launchpad.net/GetInvolved/BetaTesting|continuous beta testing]] system. This allows a developer to make a bugfix or an improvement to Launchpad and get real-world testing on the change fairly quickly. Thus a primary site of Launchpad development will be [[http://launchpad.net/|Launchpad.net]] itself, not just developers' external sandboxes, and the development/testing cycle will mesh closely with people's normal workflows. The result: greater efficiency and much better responsiveness to user needs than is usually the case in open development of a hosted service. == What license? == [[Anchor(license)]] The [[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html|GNU Affero GPL, version 3]]. == Absolutely everything? == Almost. There are a few features, not integral to Launchpad as a collaboration platform, that for technical or strategic reasons we're not opening up. They're heavily customized for Canonical's workflow and we need them to stay that way -- to open them up would merely be to invite frustration (at least for us), as we wouldn't be able to foster a truly open development community around them anyway. However, even in those cases, there are other components that can be used to achieve similar functionality without the Canonical-specific behaviors. == How is it being open-sourced? == Much of the code in Launchpad is modularized already, and will be released as independent packages over the next six months. (In fact, this process has already begun — for example see [[https://storm.canonical.com/|Storm]], [[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lazr.config|LAZR.config]], and [[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lazr.delegates|LAZR.delegates]].) The separating out of such packages will continue after Launchpad is open-sourced too; there will just be more people participating then. There are also a number of non-coding tasks, which we'll do roughly according to this schedule: Jan 26, 2009 (Wed):: (Launchpad 2.2.1 release.) Publish pre-release open-sourcing FAQ. We can anticipate some of the questions, but this announcement may stimulate more we hadn't thought of. Feb 24, 2009 (Tue):: Finish internal license vetting, to make sure we don't violate anyone else's license when we open-source. Feb 25, 2009 (Wed):: (Launchpad 2.2.2 release.) Mar 18, 2009 (Wed):: [[http://dev.launchpad.net|Developer documentation wiki]] populated. Apr 1, 2009 (Wed):: (Launchpad 2.2.3 release.) Apr 29, 2009 (Wed):: (Launchpad 2.2.4 release.) May 27, 2009 (Wed):: (Launchpad 2.2.5 release; UDS). Take development discussion public: move real-time discussion over to #launchpad-dev on irc.freenode.net, take development mailing list public. Publish a Contributor License Agreement (CLA). Jun 24, 2009 (Wed):: (Launchpad 2.2.6 release.) Jul 21, 2009 (Tue):: Open-source Launchpad itself; release 3.0. |
We've open-sourced the code that runs [[http://launchpad.net/|Launchpad]]. Please see the [[FrontPage|front page]] of the wiki for more information. |
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| * Blog post: [[http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-is-now-open-source|Launchpad is now open source.]] | |
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| * Blog post: [[http://news.launchpad.net/general/how-we-are-open-sourcing-launchpad|How We Are Open Sourcing Launchpad]] |
Open Sourcing Launchpad
We've open-sourced the code that runs Launchpad. Please see the front page of the wiki for more information.
See also
Blog post: Launchpad is now open source.
Blog post: How We Are Open Sourcing Launchpad
