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I think he'd say no. I think Cal would also say no, incidentally, as Cal wrote pretty much all of it, to a spec from Tom - who did the visual design.
It is, from what I can tell, in an "incomplete" state and not designed for outside developers to look at. To be honest, I'm not even sure it's really that complex an application. But what it is is entirely custom-built for Barbelith, with its strange user-led moderation features and simple interfaces. It's designed for the ethos behind the forum.
What I fail to explain to people regularly is that making a forum is about the people on it. Barbelith is like it is because of the community it's trying to be and the values Tom wants to instill in it. Tom will explain this way better than me, I'm sure. But basically: it's not designed for anyone else. So why should you want to look at something very custom? It's not Open Source, after all.
Then there's the fact that communities are tight, and keep their defences up - especially ours. Having others poking around source code is not a way to keep it secure.
I can't speak for Tom, but I'd put big money on him saying no. So: either look at building your own system (they're fun to work on, and there's so many ways of implementing moderation and societal stuff that PHPBB ignores), or try something like PunBB which is lightweight, compliant, and attractive. |
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