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WCode : Encode binary data in Literal Words; most efficiently.
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Are you still planning to open source your WCode C++ & Java libraries? #1

Open scott91e1 opened 2 years ago

scott91e1 commented 2 years ago

Hello,

Very interesting project, kudos.

I would be interested in creating a Python library of the algorithm and make it available on https://pypi.org

If you are not ready to commit it to github happy to receive a zipped c++ source.

sm (at) intermine.com

Regards,

Scott.

PS. What license are you planning to use for the C++ and Java?

ujLion commented 2 years ago

Hi Scott,

Thanks for contacting. I do wish to opensource my code as I do not want someone to redo the work - that I have already done. However I am still pursuing the possibility of setting up an organisation to take this up as a business. My focus currently is on the location wcode, see: https://wolo.codes/about. I am contemplating how can I make an opensource model work like RedHat. You may share suggestions... e.g. preferable license.

Regards. Ujjwal

scott91e1 commented 2 years ago

Giday Ujjwal,

As the wordlist has been released as public domain, the open source licenses in that flavor would be CC0, MIT/BSD or WTFPL. Are you thinking of going down the same route as w3w and charging developers for using your mapping strategy libraries?

For my current project, the list of words is the thing I am interested in, for processes where humans are involved in the loop. The process of mapping them to a number is not something that I strictly need to be compatible with your implementation. I thought if I created the Python library to be compatible with your algorithms then it would add value for others.

There seems to be quite a number of words in the "to be replaced" list. Why are you considering replacing these words? This seems to be an impediment to more wide spread use...

Scott.

ujLion commented 2 years ago

Hi Scott,

I will share a separate repo of the wordlist alone under public licence.

Considering the model for wcode. Regarding wolo it is clear that a closed and charge per use model is NOT the way to go...

Ujjwal

ujLion commented 2 years ago

Here is the wordlist repo: https://github.com/wcodes-org/wordlist

ujLion commented 2 years ago

Hi Scott,

Would a multi-license model - where the non-commercial license would permit non-commerical applications and the commercial license would be needed otherwise, work?

Ujjwal