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Hi Jorge,<br>
<br>
Thanks for your interest in vtiger CRM project.<br>
<br>
Please see my response below (in blue color)<br>
<br>
Jorge Torres wrote:
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cite="mid530c7d700704291651q203506e6xe6addd84858a08ed@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
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. </blockquote>
<font color="#3333ff"><b><br>
Gopal:</b> 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.</font><br>
<blockquote
cite="mid530c7d700704291651q203506e6xe6addd84858a08ed@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">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 <a href="http://sourceforge.net">sourceforge.net</a>
based on vtigerCRM 5. </blockquote>
<font color="#3333ff"><b><br>
Gopal:</b> 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?<br>
</font>
<blockquote
cite="mid530c7d700704291651q203506e6xe6addd84858a08ed@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">I don't understand to much about Open Source Licencing
restrictions and related stuff, so please excuse my ignorance. My
question are:<br>
</blockquote>
<font color="#3333ff"><b><br>
Gopal:</b> vtiger CRM code base contains our <u><b>own contributions</b></u>
and many third-party packages. Our own contributions are released under
<u>vtiger Public License (based on Mozilla Public License)</u>. Please
refer to the following URL for details about licenses of third-party
packages:</font> <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.vtiger.com/index.php/Third_Party_Software">http://wiki.vtiger.com/index.php/Third_Party_Software</a><br>
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cite="mid530c7d700704291651q203506e6xe6addd84858a08ed@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite"><br>
Can I start a new project at sourceforge based on vtiger?<br>
</blockquote>
<font color="#3333ff"><b><br>
Gopal:</b> In general there are no issues in forking open source
projects, provided you are not violating the Open Source license of
your predecessor.</font><br>
<blockquote
cite="mid530c7d700704291651q203506e6xe6addd84858a08ed@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">If so, Would I have to cover it under some other new
license type?<br>
</blockquote>
<font color="#3333ff"><b>Gopal:</b> Release your contributions under
some Open Source license which meets your requirements.</font><br>
<blockquote
cite="mid530c7d700704291651q203506e6xe6addd84858a08ed@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Do I need some permit from vtiger team to start such
project?<br>
</blockquote>
<font color="#3333ff"><b><br>
Gopal:</b> <u>vtiger CRM code base</u> is 100% open source by spirit.
Hence you may not require special permission from our side.</font><br>
<blockquote
cite="mid530c7d700704291651q203506e6xe6addd84858a08ed@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">I know about removing logos because of trademarks, what
else do I have to remove?
<b><br>
</b></blockquote>
<font color="#3333ff"><b><br>
Gopal:</b> Kindly review the vtiger and other third-party licenses with
your Legal adviser (council) before modifying back-end/front-end code
base</font>.<br>
<br>
<font color="#3333ff">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). <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://vtiger.fosslabs.com">http://vtiger.fosslabs.com</a><br>
<br>
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:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://vtigerforge.com">http://vtigerforge.com</a><br>
<br>
Best wishes,<br>
Gopal<br>
(vtiger - Team Member)<br>
</font>
<blockquote
cite="mid530c7d700704291651q203506e6xe6addd84858a08ed@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite"><br>
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.<br>
<br>
Thank you very much,<br>
<br>
<br>
Jorge<br>
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