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Facebook to open source its developer platform in Q2 2008?
Homer ( Score Rank: User did not make predictions in the last 30 days ) Homer  |  was scored on 10-Jul-2008 (499 days ago)
There are rumors that Facebook is about to open source its developer platform soon to make it easier for developers to integrate their applications with Facebook in the future.
http://news.cnet.com/8301...

Let's predict if this will actually happen in Q2 2008. And let's hear what you think about this move by Facebook.
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2008-05-27
 
Facebook To Open Source Facebook Platform
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  1. cm2007 cm2007 499 days ago
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    answered: [ * ] Yes, open source platform
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    Although I am not sure how open FB is, FB offers something called 'Facebook Open Platform'. acebook Open Platform is a snapshot of the infrastructure that runs Facebook Platform. It includes the API infrastructure, the FBML parser, the FQL parser, and FBJS, as well as implementations of many common methods and tags.

    Facebook Open Platform (except for the FBML parser) is licensed under a Common Public Attribution License (CPAL), which follows the Mozilla Public License (MPL) with two additions:
    1. That you include attribution to Facebook on any modifications.
    2. That network deployment, or making modifications available over the network, counts as distribution, which makes the license appropriate for Web services.

    Let me know if you have tried it on your machine: http://developers.facebook.com/fbopen...
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  2. goog goog 541 days ago
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    predicted: [ Most Likely ] [ 79% ] No, closed source platform
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    Q2 will end soon enough.
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  3. ace111 ace111 543 days ago
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    predicted: [ Most Likely ] [ 97% ] Yes, open source platform
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    The core competency of a social network is not the API, but its market share and hosting servers.
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  4. Homer Homer 543 days ago
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    predicted: [ Most Likely ] [ 85% ] Yes, open source platform
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    Sure thing. And hopefully, Facebook can attract more usefully applications on its platform. Currently, the apps on Facebook is way too entertainment focus. That might helps Facebook in the short term. But in the long run, it needs more useful apps on top of it.
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