Re: [OFBiz] Users - Remove OFBiz 3.0.0 and 2.* series downloads?

Posted by Si Chen-2 on Nov 10, 2005; 2:17am
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/OFBiz-Users-Remove-OFBiz-3-0-0-and-2-series-downloads-tp136382p136390.html

Andrew,

In answer to your questions,

1.  SequoiaERP is not proprietary software.  It is released under the
MIT Public License.

2.  If Open Source Strategies "goes bust," you would be using a slightly
older version of OFBiz with a few tweaks for backward compatibility.  
Anybody who is familiar with OFBiz should be able to work it.

Si

Andrew Sykes wrote:

>Si/David,
>
>Perhaps part of the problem in terms of causing confusion between OFBiz
>and SequoiaERP is the complete lack of any link between the two names.
>
>While I like the Sequoia name and initially didn't think it was
>important to link the two together, I'm now beginning to wonder...
>
>Here's how it looks to the client I'm working with at the moment...
>
>"OFBiz is released under the MIT license which gives us loads of
>freedom, OFBiz doesn't seem to be owned by anyone, so it's not going to
>disappear if some little development company goes bust."
>
>"SequoiaERP, hmm sounds/looks like proprietary software, what sort of
>license is it released under? So is this another Neogia? Who actually
>owns Sequoia ERP? What happens if opensourcestrategies.com goes bust?"
>
>These are actual questions (condensed into anecdotal form) that I've
>been asked over the past 2 weeks.
>
>So, I've taken pretty much a 180 degree turn in my opinion given the
>feedback I'm getting.
>
>I think Sequoia and Si's work mark the beginning of a new epoch in
>OFBiz' development and will be pivotal going forward. Consequently, I'm
>keen to help, but I'm not sure the name or the degree of separation is
>such a great idea. Both because it has nothing to do with OFBiz and
>because of the whole TradeMark issue.
>
>If also seems a little bizarre that weekly releases are coming from
>www.opensourcestrategies.com and sequoia from www.sequoiaerp.org. This
>seems to give a rather warped perspective and doesn't really fairly give
>credit to those doing the work. I realise that these have to be hosted
>somewhere, could we perhaps have a list of mirrors on ofbiz.org. So that
>ofbiz.org is the first port of call for all things OFBiz.
>
>Maybe those interested in providing mirror space could let themselves be
>known, We'd be happy to offer space ourselves.
>
>The biggest danger I can see is that a company decides it's a great
>marketing trick to start wrestling attention from OFBiz (or Sequoia) to
>raise their profile. I feel Sequoia is inadvertently providing this
>precedent at present.
>
>Sorry to reopen this old debate, but I feel I have to comment given that
>recent experience has made me so drastically change my point of view.
>
>Kind Regards
>  
>

 
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