Re: [tlug] List of Japanese Open Source Projects?

[Johan Berntsson <johan@example.com>]

2009/10/8 Jesse Casman <jesse@example.com>:
<snip>
> Do you know of any companies commercial open source companies in
> Japan? I know at least a handful that use it fully, even as a part of
> their marketing. Plat'Home, a company that I've worked with in the
> past, comes to mind. They roll their own version of Linux and install
> it on their custom small, eco-friendly servers. But I'm not sure I'd
> call that contributing to open source directly. SugarCRM has a
> presence in Japan, but my understanding is that it's a distributor and
> they do localization and sales.

3Di (www.3di.jp) makes and sells VR applications based on OpenSim, and
they are actively contributing to this open source project. As Norman
Lin pointed out yesterday, they have recently open sourced their
viewer product as well. (Disclaimer: I'm a part-time consultant for
3Di, and a core developer of OpenSim)

/Johan

> Thanks much,
> Jesse
>
>
>
> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 12:29:21 +0900
> From: Gen Kanai <gkanai@example.com>
> Subject: Re: [tlug] List of Japanese Open Source Projects?
> To: Tokyo Linux Users Group <tlug@example.com>
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> Hi Jesse,
>
> This is a great question without a clear answer.
>
> Ruby is probably the clearest example of OSS from Japan.
>
> A separate example:
>
> Andrew Morton said back in May '08 that 15% of the Linux kernel was
> coming from Japanese contributors (mainly developers from "NEC,
> Hitachi, Fujitsu, NTT, Sony, Toshiba, Canon and Red Hat and from
> universities including Tokyo University and Waseda University.")
>
> http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2008/07/16/significant-linux-contributors-from-japan/
>
> That's pretty significant in my book.
>
> Another key piece of OSS is the work on the networking stack of BSD,
> as well as the IPV6 implementation for BSD which Junichiro "itojun"
> Hagino was a key contributor.
>
> http://blog.icann.org/2007/11/rest-in-peace-itojun-ipv6-pioneer/
>
> http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_10-4/104_remembering.html
>
> http://kerneltrap.org/OpenBSD/Jun-ichiro_itojun_Hagino
>
> While not OSS in the traditional sense, the work that WIDE project did
> to set up the Internet in Japan, including running the M Root Server
> (Aug. '97), which I think was the first root server in Asia, is
> clearly significant.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_nameserver
>
> http://www.wide.ad.jp/
>
> I'd love to hear other examples of OSS from Japan.
>
> Gen
>
>
> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:24:51 +0900
> From: Gen Kanai <gkanai@example.com>
> Subject: Re: [tlug] List of Japanese Open Source Projects?
> To: Tokyo Linux Users Group <tlug@example.com>
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> Answering my own question again but here's a better list:
>
> http://ossipedia.ipa.go.jp/kb/Q%EF%BC%9A%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E7%99%BA%E3%81%AE%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%83%88%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A2%E3%81%AF%E3%81%82%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99%E3%81%8B%EF%BC%9F
>
> or
>
> http://bit.ly/1dLgMw
>
> Which lists:
>
> Canna (IME)
> FreeWnn (IME)
> kinput2 (IME)
> KAME (IPV6)
> Usagi (IPV6)
> Ruby (language)
> Namazu(search)
> Sylpheed (email)
> Wanderlust (email)
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 6, 2009, at 5:14 AM, Jesse Casman wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I'm a TLUG fan and lurker from San Francisco. Quick question for the
>> group: Are there any good online resources covering Japanese open
>> source projects? Ruby, of course, is famous. I'm interested in finding
>> out more projects that either started in Japan or still only really
>> exist in Japan. Any suggestions of individual projects or sites that I
>> can look at (either English or Japanese) would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers from Fog City,
>> Jesse
>>
>> --
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>>
>
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