Joining forces vs. starting from scratch (was Re: Proposal to start a new implementation...)

[R Kent James]

On 4/10/2017 7:47 PM, Ben Bucksch wrote:
> # Nylon N1
>
>   * Desktop app written in JS, but married with a server components.
>   * UI applicable
>   * Need to look at this
>

I had a chat with the CEO of Nylas a year ago about possibly working 
together. My impression at the time was that they were primarily 
interested in the mail client as a promotion of the web services, rather 
than as a widely available client, and were not really interested in 
working with us. Of course, I could be wrong in my impressions. Note 
they have been quite active in the Electron community reporting on 
various issues with Electron in their application. Their code is very 
close to what we have been doing, and some might ask "Does the world 
need 2 Electron/React open source email clients?" Lead developer Ben 
Gotow left in 2016, now principal engineer at https://www.foundry376.com/

GPL code :(  Primarily the work of 2 people. I wonder if we would ever 
consider switching to GPL?

:rkent
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