[Vtigercrm-developers] vtiger contribution question

[Joe Bordes]

Hi,

I read this thread and I just keep asking myself:
what am I doing wrong?

You guys have branches and are participating. I have been asking to help
for a long time now and I am just being ignored.

I really would like to help and work together.

Joe
TSolucio

El mié, 02-05-2007 a las 09:49 +0530, Gopal escribió:
> Hi Jorge,
> 
> Thanks for your interest in vtiger CRM project.
> 
> Please see my response below  (in blue color)
> 
> Jorge Torres wrote: 
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > First I want to tell you developers that I admire your work. I first
> > downloaded vtiger a few days ago, for customer relationship
> > management at my uncles little ceramic factory, and I was amazed,
> > but after I showed it to him, well, it seems that it is too much for
> > what my uncle wants. 
> 
> Gopal: From the Security settings module, you can disable
> modules/fields that are not required. Please get back to me if you
> need any further clarifications.
> > I love PHP, and I thought that I could minimize it to what at this
> > moment I need, and in near future add more AJAX to it. I know that
> > may differ a lot from what vtiger golas might be, therefore I want
> > to start a new project at sourceforge.net based on vtigerCRM 5. 
> 
> Gopal: Down the road, we are planning to make vtiger CRM - fully
> customizable so that business users configure the vtiger system
> instead of hacking the code. Could you please post your goals,  so
> that we will cross-check our road map and let you know our position?
> > I don't understand to much about Open Source Licencing restrictions
> > and related stuff, so please excuse my ignorance. My question are:
> 
> Gopal: vtiger CRM code base contains our own contributions and many
> third-party packages. Our own contributions are released under vtiger
> Public License (based on Mozilla Public License). Please refer to the
> following URL for details about licenses of  third-party packages: 
> 
> http://wiki.vtiger.com/index.php/Third_Party_Software
> > 
> > Can I start a new project at sourceforge based on vtiger?
> 
> Gopal: In general there are no issues in forking open source projects,
> provided you are not violating the Open Source license of your
> predecessor.
> > If so, Would I have to cover it under some other new license type?
> Gopal: Release your contributions under some Open Source license which
> meets your requirements.
> > Do I need some permit from vtiger team to start such project?
> 
> Gopal: vtiger CRM code base is 100% open source by spirit. Hence you
> may not require special permission from our side.
> > I know about removing logos because of trademarks, what else do I
> > have to remove? 
> 
> Gopal: Kindly review the vtiger and other third-party licenses with
> your Legal adviser (council) before modifying back-end/front-end code
> base.
> 
> On a separate note, our community is actively participating in vtiger
> development. Most of the community members
> (developers/testers/writers/translators) are directly contributing  to
> the core code base (For example: PostgreSQL & DMS branches in our
> SVN). 
> 
> http://vtiger.fosslabs.com
> 
> We are also encouraging many add-on projects based on vtiger CRM,
> which cater to the need of user-specific requirements. For more
> details, please refer to our vtigerForge:
> 
> http://vtigerforge.com
> 
> Best wishes,
> Gopal
> (vtiger - Team Member)
> > 
> > Well that's it for now, I will continue on my "trying to understand
> > vtiger's code" task, so I will probably have some questions related
> > to developing in short.
> > 
> > Thank you very much,
> > 
> > 
> > Jorge
> > 
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