Port iWebKit to Drupal
jonathanbloom - November 6, 2008 - 22:25
| Project: | iUI |
| Version: | 6.x-1.0 |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | task |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
Description
I'm actively following the iUI developments, but was curious if anyone has heard of iWebkit. It's a set of files at http://iwebkit.net that were created by iWeb Inc. to let you easily create your own iPhone websites. The kit looks really good and I was wondering if the license of iWebkit allows us to port it to Drupal. We could then add it to iUI (giving credit to both Rob Loach and iWeb Inc) and help speed up Drupal's iPhone exposure.
#1
This looks really cool! I'm going to be meeting up Jingsheng at Drupal NYC in the next couple weeks to talk about fixing iUI and possibly checking out iWebKit. Looks like they're using a non-GPL license which might deny us from sticking it in the Drupal CVS, but it's definitely worth checking out.
#2
I think its a good idea too!!!
#3
I've tried out iwebkit (http://mdwp.de/iphone) and I think integration with iUI sounds great.
Do you know http://blog2iphone.com/index.php? That is a service, which works for Drupal, WP and blogger. blog2iphone transforms RSS-Feeds of a Drupal-Site to nice looking iPhone Apps. Very cool. I setup my sites (e.g. http://mdwp.de) with blog2iphone in a few seconds and the service works very good.
#4
Please get this going! I am not sure how to incorporate this into drupal!
#5
If anyone is interested, I've cobbled together a simple theme based on iWebKit which is in use on http://iphone.thingy-ma-jig.co.uk/. I'm sure it still needs work, but it's certainly a start. Pretty easy to do too...
I can put it up on here if it's any help - although I'm not sure about any licensing implications of attaching a version of iWebKit to this forum..
#6
@nicholasThompson:
iWebKit seems to be LGPL. In my opinion it's not a problem to combine it with drupal's GPL code base. So please upload your work that we can have a look at it :-)
#7
Et Voilà... As the French say.
I dont think there is anything too private in the theme...
#8
The problem is that code of other projects cannot be hosted in Drupal CVS repositories.
#9
Actually, all the code present in the CVS repository receive automatically a GPL v2 or higher license; I think it's not possible to assign to code in repository a different license at the same time.
Then, all code that calls a Drupal function becomes automatically GPL code (which is the Drupal license). I think it's not possible to assign to code a GPL license, and a LPGL license because the two are not compatible (correct me if I am wrong).
#10
This is nice. Very nice.
#11
subscribing
#12
The iWebkit demo on an iphone/touch looks great, so many nice UI options/features!