[Neurodebian-devel] poster copy request

[Mehmet Kocaturk]

Dr. Halchenko,

Before making it FOSS (under GPL license that we would prefer), I would like
to tidy up the code a bit more. And, addition of an online spike sorting
algorithm (only template matching) would be better in means of releasing a
more useful software at the beginning. It should not take so much time to
implement (less than a month). Would such a latency be a problem for you?

After making it more shareable and useful, will the source code be reachable
on http://neuro.debian.net/debian/pool/ (I am asking this to clarify)? And,
will any documentation be required or will our technical support be enough
to publish it in neuro.debian repositories(if it will be published there)?

After releasing the software, that would be very useful to provide a code
sharing and version control support. We can talk about it after release.
 
What is more, we should consider about the options you presented to make it
more easy-to-setup system. I agree this is not the first step to be
concentrated on. Therefore, I will be able to study on the options you
pointed while I am preparing the software to be released under GPL license.

I have subscribed Neurodebian-upstream maling list. Just after having your
response to this email we can go on our discussions there. 

Many thanks,
Mehmet  


-----Original Message-----
From: Yaroslav Halchenko [mailto:yoh at dartmouth.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 10:28 PM
To: Mehmet Kocaturk
Cc: canbeyli at boun.edu.tr; 'Halil Özcan Gülçür'; team at neuro.debian.net
Subject: Re: poster copy request


On Wed, 01 Dec 2010, Mehmet Kocaturk wrote:

> Yes, we also want to make the components in the poster available under
some FOSS license. To maximize its benefits for neuroscientists, we also
would like to provide feedback from users and developers. In this context,
we would like to be involved in any discussion about this topic.

great -- so keep this project going and let us know if you need any
advise on licensing (if you still have choices for the licenses, i.e.
not using any GPL licensed libraries etc), or any other aspects (code
sharing, version control, etc)

> Since I am not so much familiar with package preparation, I
> should ask a question: Is it possible to make our kernel module,
> enabling real-time data acquisition and signal processing, be involved
> in any Debian convenient out-of-the-box?

we are quite verse in packaging so we can give you hints and hands at
times to get your tools packaged nicely; as for kernel-level stuff: we
are not that versed there since never had to do that yet, but we
can all learn how to do that ;)  Few points in regard of user-enabling
for your setup:

 * Debian has been moving toward automatic building of kernel modules
   using DKMS system, which makes it easy for users to build/install
   additional kernel modules.  We will just need to follow examples
   to make it work
 
 * Have you ever looked at http://xenomai.org which is
   - already in Debian
   - provides kernel patches so we could simply outline brief
     instructions on how to build those with just few commands
   - seems to provide API wrapping for RTAI interface

   or alternatively we could just advise to use:

 * http://www.pengutronix.de  provides pre-built recent Linux kernels
   with RTAI support

so altogether in the end it might become proper Debian way, where just
few commands make things installed.

in any case, first lets move forward making your setup FOSS ;)

btw, may be you would not mind if we continued further discussions on
our neurodebian-upstream mailing list? (it is ok to stay private if you
feel more comfortable this way, but appearance on the list might become
really benefitial):
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/neurodebian-upstream

> As an answer to your other question, I visited the following poster that
you might be interested in:

> Program#/Poster#: 	818.22/OOO43
> Title: 			Real-time experimental interface for
electrophysiology experiments

Cool -- thanks for sharing!  I will see what it is about

-- 
Yaroslav O. Halchenko
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