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Mark and I built bootstrap while we were employed at twitter on twitter hardware. Also, undeniably it was largely influenced by our work there (and later would

by fat 14y ago

Mark and I built bootstrap while we were employed at twitter on twitter hardware. Also, undeniably it was largely influenced by our work there (and later would largely influence a lot of the code at twitter as well as power lots of projects both internally and publicly) – but it was never a company mandated project. It was something that Mark and I came up with on our own and pursued outside of work hours.

NathanKP 14y ago
Okay thanks... I understand now. You started the project at Twitter, but it wasn't owned by Twitter. I'm glad that Twitter didn't claim Bootstrap as company owned code, because I and thousands of other people have really enjoyed using it in our projects.
- fizx 14y ago
  One of the reasons I worked at twitter is that they want you to open-source virtually everything. They weren't likely to put up a fuss, and everyone was really proud of bootstrap.
cpeterso 14y ago
I think most people would imagine a project called "Twitter Bootstrap" that was developed by people "employed at twitter on twitter hardware" would be property of Twitter. Does Twitter own the copyright?
- fat 14y ago
  right now it's under the Apache License v2 – but we're working to move it to MIT for 3.0.0 I think of the community as owning bootstrap at this point… maybe that's cheesy? Or naive… I also think twitter played a larger roll than just hardware. Mark and I were both deeply embedded into the twitter culture (with access to great resources and really smart engineers to bounce ideas off of) and i think bootstrap has a very "twittery" feel as a result.
  - sharkweek 14y ago
    (speaking of cheesy) Those who just create awesome tools and release them into the ecosystem free of charge add immeasurable value to the community. I really want to thank you for how much easier you two have made my life with bootstrap on numerous occasions.
    - fat 14y ago
      aww <3
      - Domenic_S 14y ago
        Same here. I'd offer to buy you a beer, but I imagine you've got plenty of those offers already ;)
        novamantis 14y ago
        I bet he's swimming in beer donations that have filled his pool. Also, thank you Fat for making my life so much easier.
      - cryowaffle 14y ago
        I have used Bootstrap on 4 or so sites by now and its amazing how divs just get the fuck out of my way now and I can get real work done. Thank you.
        willholloway 14y ago
        Yes. Bootstrap's grid system saves the day, everyday.
      - Killswitch 14y ago
        I too would like to jump on this bandwagon of thanking you for Bootstrap. Cheers fat.
  - DannyBee 14y ago

by fat 14y ago

NathanKP 14y ago

Okay thanks... I understand now. You started the project at Twitter, but it wasn't owned by Twitter. I'm glad that Twitter didn't claim Bootstrap as company owned code, because I and thousands of other people have really enjoyed using it in our projects.

fizx 14y ago
One of the reasons I worked at twitter is that they want you to open-source virtually everything. They weren't likely to put up a fuss, and everyone was really proud of bootstrap.

cpeterso 14y ago

I think most people would imagine a project called "Twitter Bootstrap" that was developed by people "employed at twitter on twitter hardware" would be property of Twitter. Does Twitter own the copyright?

fat 14y ago
right now it's under the Apache License v2 – but we're working to move it to MIT for 3.0.0 I think of the community as owning bootstrap at this point… maybe that's cheesy? Or naive… I also think twitter played a larger roll than just hardware. Mark and I were both deeply embedded into the twitter culture (with access to great resources and really smart engineers to bounce ideas off of) and i think bootstrap has a very "twittery" feel as a result.
- sharkweek 14y ago
  (speaking of cheesy) Those who just create awesome tools and release them into the ecosystem free of charge add immeasurable value to the community. I really want to thank you for how much easier you two have made my life with bootstrap on numerous occasions.
  - fat 14y ago
    aww <3
    - Domenic_S 14y ago
      Same here. I'd offer to buy you a beer, but I imagine you've got plenty of those offers already ;)
      - novamantis 14y ago
        I bet he's swimming in beer donations that have filled his pool. Also, thank you Fat for making my life so much easier.
    - cryowaffle 14y ago
      I have used Bootstrap on 4 or so sites by now and its amazing how divs just get the fuck out of my way now and I can get real work done. Thank you.
      - willholloway 14y ago
        Yes. Bootstrap's grid system saves the day, everyday.
    - Killswitch 14y ago
      I too would like to jump on this bandwagon of thanking you for Bootstrap. Cheers fat.
- DannyBee 14y ago