[Vtigercrm-developers] vtiger contribution question

[Gopal]

Hi Joe,

Sorry for the inconvenience.

We don't have issues in providing separate branches for our developer 
community. Could you please send us your future development plans to 
philip at vtiger.com so that he will create branches based on your 
requirements.

Regards,
Gopal

Joe Bordes wrote:
> 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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>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>       
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>>     
>
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