Node.js has moved to Joyent! "We are excited and honoured to beinvesting this active open source project,"said Mark Mayo, the CTO of Joyent. According to MarkMayo'sstatement, Joyent first became involved withNode when searching for a way to write low latency network serversand agents, to be used in their infrastructure management products."We recognized the potential in the code and its inventor to solveproblems far beyond our own immediate roadmap, so early this yearwe invited Ryan to join Joyent and continue developing a communityaround Node while Joyent provided the real-world battleground forNode to grow up in," explains the CTO. He cites a growing interestin Node from Joyent customers.
Ryan Dahl has alsowritten about the move stating that Node'spopularity means it warrants a larger, more structured, full-timedevelopment team, and corporate investment. To achieve these aims,he has signed an agreement that officially puts Node under Joyent'sroof. He explains that Joyent's cloud computing core, "aligns wellwith a free and open Node.js" which also influenced his decision tomove to Joyent.
What differences can the Node community expect? According toRyan Dahl, very little – the only change he anticipates is that thecontributor agreement will now be directed at Joyent, rather thanRyan Dahl. Node will continue to be released under MIT license, andpatches will continue to be accepted from the community. Existingcontributors will not be required to sign a new contributor licenseagreement. Ryan Dahl will still work on the Node project.
Congratulations, Node!
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