[drupal-devel] propstar.module is no longer?
So, the propstar.module is used to allow users to rate nodes, and track "My Ratings" and blah blah blah. You can find a number of posts on it on the Drupal site. It appears, however, that Mabster, the guy who made it, has now switched away from Drupal, redone his site, and obliterated all mention, or code, of it. * He never contributed it to Drupal/CVS, so it's not GPL. * Does anyone have an installed version of it to send to me? Or a zip? * I'll probably end up rewriting it and throwing it into the CVS. * Whatever happened with http://factorycity.net/demos/drupal/rating/? -- Morbus Iff ( you are nothing without your robot car, NOTHING! ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ Spidering Hacks: http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596005776/disobeycom icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Morbus Iff wrote: | | So, the propstar.module is used to allow users to rate nodes, and track | "My Ratings" and blah blah blah. You can find a number of posts on it on | the Drupal site. It appears, however, that Mabster, the guy who made it, | has now switched away from Drupal, redone his site, and obliterated all | mention, or code, of it. | | * He never contributed it to Drupal/CVS, so it's not GPL. | * Does anyone have an installed version of it to send to me? Or a zip? | * I'll probably end up rewriting it and throwing it into the CVS. | * Whatever happened with http://factorycity.net/demos/drupal/rating/? I had spoken with Mabster several times and I mentioned the license to him once and he seemed fine with the idea of making it GPL. I have uploaded the version I had, which may not be the most recent version to: http://proscenium.org/node/15 However, I would like to ask you if you are interested in extending the Node Moderation module. Propstar had some limitations that prompted the creation of that module from my side, and I would like to discuss the possibility of making it a more flexible alternative. P.S. I like your folksonomy_shared module...very slick. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCQtxsO+lwfsap+f0RAjWjAJ9GuIDuEXSg4Z+RQHViysUg8/QNDwCaAyC4 0Xsd/73zAZxyFy874b5c8Qg= =IZaf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
I had spoken with Mabster several times and I mentioned the license to him once and he seemed fine with the idea of making it GPL. I have uploaded the version I had, which may not be the most recent version to:
Thanks for the upload! Unfortunately, I think legally the only way I'd be able to work on his code (as opposed to rewriting) would be if he released a new zip with the GPL statement in it, or otherwise, publicly (on a Drupal node, in the CVS) proclaimed its new licensing. I'm not sure how willing he is to do that, now that he's not using Drupal.
However, I would like to ask you if you are interested in extending the Node Moderation module. Propstar had some limitations that prompted the creation of that module from my side, and I would like to discuss the possibility of making it a more flexible alternative.
I'll take a look at it. I've never looked into it before, because of the "Moderation" name - I have no desire to moderate nodes based on rating. I just want a boring old rating system that keeps track of numbers, but doesn't necessarily /act/ on them.
P.S. I like your folksonomy_shared module...very slick.
Thanks! Be sure to +1 when I make an Issue outta it ;) -- Morbus Iff ( you are nothing without your robot car, NOTHING! ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ Spidering Hacks: http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596005776/disobeycom icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Morbus Iff wrote: | Thanks for the upload! Unfortunately, I think legally the only way I'd | be able to work on his code (as opposed to rewriting) would be if he | released a new zip with the GPL statement in it, or otherwise, publicly | (on a Drupal node, in the CVS) proclaimed its new licensing. I'm not | sure how willing he is to do that, now that he's not using Drupal. I am going to contact Mabster, since I have a relationship with him already, and ask for his permission. | I'll take a look at it. I've never looked into it before, because of the | "Moderation" name - I have no desire to moderate nodes based on rating. | I just want a boring old rating system that keeps track of numbers, but | doesn't necessarily /act/ on them. I understand what you are saying, my hope is that it would be trivial to add an option to simply disable the action part of the module and simply track votes. Perhaps even add an option for tracking an average instead of a numeric total. | Thanks! Be sure to +1 when I make an Issue outta it ;) You got my vote! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCQvcjO+lwfsap+f0RAlP7AJ4/vyeIUIbttH6DYv4vtytmDOoqfACbBWt+ ss22cuw6eysdUpVNgdFh1Qc= =h09D -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
| Thanks for the upload! Unfortunately, I think legally the only way I'd | be able to work on his code (as opposed to rewriting) would be if he | released a new zip with the GPL statement in it, or otherwise, publicly | (on a Drupal node, in the CVS) proclaimed its new licensing. I'm not | sure how willing he is to do that, now that he's not using Drupal.
I am going to contact Mabster, since I have a relationship with him
That'd be great, thanks! -- Morbus Iff ( you are nothing without your robot car, NOTHING! ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ Spidering Hacks: http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596005776/disobeycom icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Morbus Iff wrote: |> | Thanks for the upload! Unfortunately, I think legally the only way I'd |> | be able to work on his code (as opposed to rewriting) would be if he |> | released a new zip with the GPL statement in it, or otherwise, publicly |> | (on a Drupal node, in the CVS) proclaimed its new licensing. I'm not |> | sure how willing he is to do that, now that he's not using Drupal. So, I contacted Matt and he has agreed to release his code under the GPL as long as he gets credited for parts of the original code in the source header, which AFAIK is perfectly acceptable and compatible with the GPL. I have posted a snippet of our email conversation and the latest module ~ itself with the LICENSE.txt included over at my personal website: http://grohk.net/propstar I still would like to explore the possibility of merging this code into Node Moderation as an optional running mode, since I like the star based ratings ui for some of my websites. Also, I remember having issues with the module when trying to display multiple node types on the front page. Anyway, we got permission to use the code, so discussion can commence. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCRF9yO+lwfsap+f0RAvgGAJ956CarAbrflWCMW0cxZbaOwOVeNACfTUCj zqQuoP9aZo97kQ7YqW0Zez0= =y/Vv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
I would like to make the star based ratings the default UI for nmoderation. In other words, I would approve that patch if it showed up. Same for a patch which made the 'threshhold/promote/unpublihs' stuff optional. I don't see a benefit to tieng nmoderation to actions.module for this, but I am open to suggestion.
I still would like to explore the possibility of merging this code into Node Moderation as an optional running mode, since I like the star based ratings ui for some of my websites. Also, I remember having issues with the module when trying to display multiple node types on the front page.
Anyway, we got permission to use the code, so discussion can commence.
So, I contacted Matt and he has agreed to release his code under the GPL as long as he gets credited for parts of the original code in the source header, which AFAIK is perfectly acceptable and compatible with the GPL.
Excellent!
I still would like to explore the possibility of merging this code into Node Moderation as an optional running mode, since I like the star based ratings ui for some of my websites. Also, I remember having issues with the module when trying to display multiple node types on the front page.
I've been chatting about it with #drupal. There are two notes: * JonBob thinks it'll be easy as pie to hook the following UI: http://factorycity.net/demos/drupal/rating/ up to remote calls in javascript (such that the user can vote, but without requiring a page reload or an IFRAME). * actions.module, which I've not looked at but sounds interesting, has been proposed to implement your Node Moderation. With it, you'd be able to define two (new) actions to happen when a node reaches X amount of (average) stars. -- Morbus Iff ( you are nothing without your robot car, NOTHING! ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ Spidering Hacks: http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596005776/disobeycom icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:11:33 -0500, Morbus Iff <morbus@disobey.com> wrote:
So, the propstar.module is used to allow users to rate nodes, and track "My Ratings" and blah blah blah. You can find a number of posts on it on the Drupal site. It appears, however, that Mabster, the guy who made it, has now switched away from Drupal, redone his site, and obliterated all mention, or code, of it.
* He never contributed it to Drupal/CVS, so it's not GPL. * Does anyone have an installed version of it to send to me? Or a zip? * I'll probably end up rewriting it and throwing it into the CVS.
I have a copy of the propstar module, and another with a few fixes from me. I could import that to CVS. Create project, etc. The module files do not have any licence or author information, not even a readme.txt. Only code. That's public domain, anyone can use for any purpose, no? menesis
I have a copy of the propstar module, and another with a few fixes from me. I could import that to CVS. Create project, etc. The module files do not have any licence or author information, not even a readme.txt. Only code. That's public domain, anyone can use for any purpose, no?
No, you can't use it. Since he didn't put it into the Drupal CVS in the first place, it doesn't inherit Drupal's GPL. And since there is no LICENSE specifying otherwise, it defaults to a copyrighted work by the original creator, which means we can't use it whatsoever as the basis for new updates or code. He'd have to publicly relicense it under the GPL before we'd be able to update/CVS, etc. -- Morbus Iff ( you are nothing without your robot car, NOTHING! ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ Spidering Hacks: http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596005776/disobeycom icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus
On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 10:11:33AM -0500, Morbus Iff wrote:
So, the propstar.module is used to allow users to rate nodes, and track "My Ratings" and blah blah blah. You can find a number of posts on it on the Drupal site. It appears, however, that Mabster, the guy who made it, has now switched away from Drupal, redone his site, and obliterated all mention, or code, of it.
* He never contributed it to Drupal/CVS, so it's not GPL. * Does anyone have an installed version of it to send to me? Or a zip? * I'll probably end up rewriting it and throwing it into the CVS. * Whatever happened with http://factorycity.net/demos/drupal/rating/?
Here is another thing not in contrib: neil> ping zack> work neil> who made the star rating thing for trhat one site neil> what is the url to it in contrib or why is it not in contrib zack> what star rating? zack> nobody made a star rating i know neil> it was on some fancy suite zack> work zack> suite? neil> site zack> i dunno what you speak of drummy neil> progressive something zack> ...... zack> principlesprojectg? neil> yeah zack> work zack> kyle shank neil> okay, but is it in contrib? zack> work zack> no zack> its hacky neil> how can someone contact him? there was a request for it on drupal-devel zack> work zack> kyle Shank kyle@amipatriotic.com neil> btw, your away message is still annoying zack> sorry!! neil> fix yer aimclient zack> work zack> nooo neil> gah there it is again zack> work neil> argh zack> hehehehehe -Neil
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