SlideSix Is Now Open Source

Posted By : todd sharp Posted At : April 18, 2011 2:23 PM Posted In: SlideSix OS

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I'm happy to announce that the source code for SlideSix is now Open Source and available on GitHub.

Please note that this source code is for the rewritten version of SlideSix and will not fully resemble the current live version of SlideSix.com. Essentially the SlideSix project will live on as an 'engine' or 'project' in this form, with a new and focused relaunch of the actual site (most likely under a new domain) coming in the future.

I've started a wiki as well as a Google Group for those interested in contributing to the project. Feel free to join the group as I'm sure there will be some good discussions on the future of the project.

The source code for the Flex and AIR bits have not yet made there way onto GitHub but they'll be coming along shortly. The SlideSix engine source linked above contain working compiled copies of the slide viewer and slide manager.

One final note - I have not yet put a license in the project but do plan on doing so ASAP. In the meanwhile consider it GPL unless someone convinces me otherwise.

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Brian Meloche's Gravatar Cool!

I hope you don't close it down, Todd. Can't you find a buyer? I figure there's got to be some VC/investor that would buy SlideSix and make it be profitable. I'm sure that would be preferable than closing it entirely. It's better than SlideShare but a lot of people, even in the Adobe world, don't know about it.

Posted by: Brian Meloche on: 4/18/11 2:40 PM

todd sharp's Gravatar The front end has become too spammy -- refocusing it on Adobe tech is a win for me. I don't need the money - and don't have the time to seek funding. Overall I see this is a win.

Posted by: todd sharp on: 4/18/11 2:42 PM

todd sharp's Gravatar Didn't mean 'front end' per se... just the content/users/comments (re: spammy).

Posted by: todd sharp on: 4/18/11 2:42 PM

Dave Shuck's Gravatar I can relate man! We ended up spending 95% of our time fighting spam issues with InstantSpot and finally just decided it was not worth the effort given the lack of any notable revenue. I will be interested to see how this decision pans out. Hopefully it will become something even more meaningful than you first mapped out. Good luck.

Posted by: Dave Shuck on: 4/18/11 2:54 PM

Chris's Gravatar I'll take the money then Todd :)

Posted by: Chris on: 4/18/11 3:06 PM

Sean Corfield's Gravatar I think this is a great decision Todd and choosing github and GPL is an excellent way forward for the project!

Posted by: Sean Corfield on: 4/18/11 8:19 PM

JabbyPanda's Gravatar Are you going to release the sources for the front end UI coded in ActionScript or this is too time consuming for you to set up or was not planned ?

Posted by: JabbyPanda on: 4/19/11 10:33 AM

todd sharp's Gravatar @JabbyPanda -- yep, the Flex and AIR code will be coming shortly in separate repos on GitHub. Hopefully within the next week.

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