{"id":2193,"date":"2011-10-04T00:33:11","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T05:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2012-09-04T23:25:54","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T04:25:54","slug":"nitobi-acquired-by-adobe-phonegap-to-be-asf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2011\/10\/04\/nitobi-acquired-by-adobe-phonegap-to-be-asf","title":{"rendered":"Nitobi acquired by Adobe; PhoneGap to be ASF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/bytebot\/status\/119997408720601088\">tweeted<\/a> on October 1 about how I thought <a href=\"https:\/\/build.phonegap.com\/\">PhoneGap Build<\/a> was cool. Its an immensely cool service which I&#8217;ve wanted to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mosync.com\/\">MoSync<\/a> do.<\/p>\n<p>On October 2 I just read that PhoneGap was being submitted to the Apache Software Foundation (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/mobile\/2011\/09\/phonegap-applies-to-apache-sof.php\">article<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/phonegap-dev\/vFy8GCcHiY4\">mailing list post<\/a>). I absolutely loved the commitment, their current license was already good, and I was very <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/bytebot\/status\/120469883346632704\">excited<\/a> for Nitobi.<\/p>\n<p>Just yesterday on October 3, Nitobi announced that they entered into an <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nitobi.com\/andre\/index.php\/2011\/10\/03\/nitobi-enters-into-acquisition-agreement-with-adobe\/\">acquisition agreement with Adobe<\/a>. PhoneGap Build will be closed-source, commercial, and cost money. DreamWeaver CS 5.5 has PhoneGap. However PhoneGap itself will remain open, and will become Apache Callback.<\/p>\n<p>Kudos to Nitobi. Kudos to Adobe. You&#8217;re making the right decision. Just don&#8217;t <em><a href=\"http:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=3068122\">screw it up<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Nitobi is pursuing a contribution of the PhoneGap code to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to ensure open stewardship of the project over the long term. As part of that process it will be renamed to a new Apache-branded name Callback. Adobe fully supports this contribution and will continue to host the PhoneGap community site with full participation from its contributors, as well as the PhoneGap Build service. &#8212; on why PhoneGap code is being donated to the ASF<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Nitobi%20acquired%20by%20Adobe%3B%20PhoneGap%20to%20be%20ASF&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F10%2F04%2Fnitobi-acquired-by-adobe-phonegap-to-be-asf&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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