Welcome!

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This is an introductory post.  It's worth reading, though!  Especially if you're new around here.  :-)

This is the community for discussing things related to the Open Source Dreamwidth codebase.  In other words, just about everything that is related to writing code can go here.  If you want to talk about how to write plugins, or something that bugs you in the code, ask questions about how you would write something, toss in some documentation, or whatever else, go for it!

If you are new to the community, post an introduction!  Say hi, where you're from, what you do.  Give us a face with a name, and then join us in making this site, this community, be one of the best on the web.

Now down to some details...

The Dreamwidth (DW) codebase is licensed under the GPL.  We inherited this by forking from the original LJ codebase.  If you are going to be working with the DW code, your code will more than likely be under this license as well, to ensure that everybody in the community can benefit from the work.  However, if you stick to writing plugins, then you can license your code however you want.

Really, our goal here is to build something awesome, and for that we need your help.  By having a thriving community of developers contributing to this project, we will be able to make something really awesome that will provice a great place for people to live online.

If you don't know how to code, that's okay!  Documentation, design, support, even a cheering squad!  It takes all kinds of people to make a project like this succeed.  Will you be a part of it?  :-)