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Feeds.App Lite does open source

I had to do something for MT’s 7th birthday even if it’s something I’ve been meaning to do for — oh like a year now.

Today I am officially releasing Feeds.App Lite under an Artistic/GPL license. In other words it is open source.

Google Code repository is here. A download of the plugin can be had from Google or the Feeds.App page.

There is no new functionality in this release. Just the new license.

In related news, I posted a new maintenance distribution of Feeds.App that corrects a typo that reported the plugin as RC4 (release candidate 4). Feeds.App v3 has been finalized code for nearly a year. More importantly, this version also ships with an updated version of XML::Elemental. This updated version addresses a circular reference condition that generates a memory leak. Those running under a persistent environment like FastCGI or mod_perl are highly encouraged to download and install this new distribution.

Penelope and Foundry

Last week I posted an update to the Penelope and proposed an effort I named Foundry that I only announced on the mtos-dev. Since Billy Mabray honored me with a mention in his Movable Type Mondays over on the Blog Herald this week, I figured its about time I mention it here.

Both Penelope and Foundry are the continuation of how MTOS can be integrated with the broader open source community.

Penelope is a revised version of my original proposal to take in to account the introduction of Foundry in the broader plan to open source (“CPAN-ize”) MTOS. Since Byrne Reese rightfully pointed out MTOSProjectRoadmap may confuse people, so I code named it “Penelope” after the next generation Trott.

I also posted Foundry which includes some initial work on Milestone 1 of Penelope that I have inserted as an added milestone. I named it Foundry. (The Guttenberg movable type printing press used type pieces which where designed and made by a…)

Any feedback or contributions are welcome on the mtos-dev mailing list or here in the comments.

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