[open-science-dev] PyBOSSA: re-implementing the open source PHP BOSSA framework in Python

Wed Dec 7 17:11:15 UTC 2011

2011/12/7 Javier Ruiz <javier at openrightsgroup.org>:
> hi
>
> are you completely set on the AGPL3 license? i saw the discussion was pretty
> short
>
> https://github.com/citizen-cyberscience-centre/pybossa/issues/12

No, I don't think we're set (at least not for me!). I'm happy with
AGPL but also would be be happy with e.g. the MIT License.

Rufus

>
> we are working in a transcription project that could use it and probably
> help develop it, but our partners have concerns about compatibility problems
> with the main software, which has Apache license
>
> https://github.com/zooniverse/Scribe
>
> I am not saying you should change it straightaway, but if it is a
> possibility we could talk about it.
>
>
> best, javier
>
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> On Wednesday, 7 December 2011 at 12:39, Daniel Lombraña González wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Today I have finally pushed some code for the demo application that actually
> "works" ;) Well, this first version gets several Flickr Photo URLs, and
> creates an application + a batch + several tasks in PyBOSSA. You can see
> that it is actually working if you have the application running, as in the
> front page you will have a list of applications and associated tasks.
>
> Nigini, if you need help, let me know!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Daniel
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 13:02, Nigini Abilio <nigini at lsd.ufcg.edu.br> wrote:
>
> Hello there.
>
> As Lucas said, I was really busy with some deadlines at November but now we
> here in Brazil will try to sync with your great work. I'm really interested
> in helping at the pyBOSSA project, mainly at the API design and
> implementation. We'll probably have a study case that will use it.
>
> I'll get the code now and try to feedback this week, including the look at
> our code to think about how to rewrite it to pyBOSSA.
>
> Regards.
>
> 2011/11/25 Daniel Lombraña González <teleyinex at gmail.com>
>
> Dear all,
>
> During a hackfest in Cape Town (Africa at Home), and thanks to the
> collaboration of Rufus Pollock from Okfn, we have started to port and
> improve BOSSA (a volunteer thinking framework) to Python. You can find the
> code here: https://github.com/citizen-cyberscience-centre/pybossa
>
> BOSSA is a framework that allows the creation of projects where the humans
> are the CPUs. Imagine a project where an algorithm has to answer the
> following question: does this photograph contain a dog? While for
> algorithms, usually, this will be very complicated for humans is a fairly
> simple task. BOSSA helps in the creation of this kind of projects, providing
> tools for managing users, jobs, etc.
>
> During the Africa at Home hackfest, we were in contact with the main developer
> of BOSSA and agreed on porting the code to Python.
>
> This new implementation will allow running a central service, decoupling the
> task interface from BOSSA. This will allow the creation of different
> projects based on any programming language as the core system will provide a
> nice API to request and submit jobs using JSON. BOSSA will take care of
> distributing the tasks among its users.
>
> The improvements of this new version are:
> - Flaskr micro-framework
> - HTML templates engine
> - API
> - Python, who doesn't love Python ;) (remember batteries included!)
>
> Therefore, if anyone is interested in helping us, send us an e-mail!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Daniel
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