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Daniel Kunkel on
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Hi
> > I would donate the code I use, but it does not follow the guidelines set
> > down.
> >
> > David, andy and I may not see eye to eye, time to time, however I
> > respect and appreciate the effort they and other have contributed.
> >
>
> Sure and I think you are not the only one !
>
> Jacques
<soapbox>
It really hurts to see that a lot of time and energy has gone into
improving OFBiz by various groups that are willing to share their
changes, and are not simply because they believe their changes are not
currently appropriate to be directly introduced to the trunk.
I would like to see this change...
We're missing the point of open-source. Linus Torvalds could never had
gotten linux to the place it is now in a hundred years if he had worked
alone instead of sharing and exciting the mind, hearts, and energy of
thousands of developers around the world. David and Andy I'm sure
realize that the project wouldn't be where it is today without the
efforts of many others.
Open Source works because working together works.
I'm not suggesting that any of these changes be put back into the
project if they really don't conform to the programming standards, but
by all means, if someone has taken the time and effort and expense to
make changes, AND is willing to SHARE those changes back to the
community, it's worth finding a place to the catalog the changes.
My bet is that if one group found it worth their while to write the
changes, more often than not, other groups need the same changes too. I
also believe that the most useful and needed of the modifications will
be morphed into a form that is acceptable to be included back into the
project.
One not on proprietary enhancements...
I'm not suggesting that each and every change a company makes needs to
be shared back... I can understand not sharing if you've created a
proprietary enhancement that gives your company an edge on your
competitors, or if it is so directly related to your way of doing
business it's not-likely to be useful...
Can we find a way to share these changes, possibly as a Jira issue with
a patch, or a wiki section, or both?
</soapbox>
Thanks
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Daniel
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