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

[Gen Kanai <gkanai@example.com>]

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 12:29 PM, Gen Kanai wrote:

> 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
>
>
> 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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