[Clipart] clipart Digest, Vol 43, Issue 17

[Jon Phillips]

Yeah, its a nonstarter...better starter: pick up a shovel y'all! :)

Jon


On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 10:01 +0200, Nicu Buculei wrote:
> Alan wrote:
> > Hi Jon, what do you think?  This is your dreamchild.
> > 
> > I also know you have been heavily involved in cchost.
> > 
> > Are you willing to let go of cchost in order to see OpenClipart get into
> > the big times?
> 
> Let ccHost go to be replaced with *what*?
> The proprietary engine from sxc is NOT an option (and I bet it doesn't 
> meet our needs regarding SVG support). Is there *any* FOSS engine 
> meeting our requirements?
> I don't think there is one, I needed such a tool for other projects, 
> talked with people about the need and nobody had a solution.
> 
> > momo wrote:
> >> As John said (and I completely agree with him) the problem is in the fact 
> >> that CCHOST is concepted as a sharing tool for non-visual content (sounds, 
> >> texts...) and is not very suited for cliparts. One of the most successful 
> >> (from my point of view) engines is the (proprietary) one that is used in 
> >> www.sxc.hu. It has everything a clipart sharing website needs:
> 
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