Facebook to Make Application Development Platform Open Source

6:00 am on May 28, 2008 | Category: Web Services, Software

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Social networking website, Facebook, has revealed plans to convert its year-old software development platform into an open source project.

“We’re working on an open source initiative that is meant to help application developers better understand Facebook Platform and more easily build applications, whether it’s by running their own test servers, building tools, or optimizing their applications,” wrote a Facebook spokesman in an email statement. “As Facebook Platform continues to mature, open sourcing the infrastructure behind it is a natural step so developers can build richer social applications and share what they’ve learned with the ecosystem. Additional details will be released soon.”

The move to open source will provide greater flexibility to application developers, and ensure compatibility between Facebook and other social networking platforms.

“The immediate effect will be to allow any social network to become Facebook Platform compatible - meaning application developers can easily take their Facebook applications and have them run on those social networks, too,” commented TechCrunch webmaster and industry expert, Michael Arrington.

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