http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Users-update-on-accounting-general-ledger-development-tp137410p137412.html
for starters. If you need more
e-book listed on www.opensourcestrategies.org of the same topic. If you
really have questions, though, ask a lawyer--not other developers. :)
>Si,
>I don't have much knowledge of what do and don't for GPL.
>
>Do you have/ Can you Please Put together a very short Guide for Dummies
>for that GPL'ed code.
>
>Regards
>Anil
>
>--- Si Chen <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hello everyone. I wanted to tell you about an important change with
>>the
>>ongoing accounting/general ledger (accountingext) development in
>>OFBiz.
>>
>>We will soon be releasing most of the files in the accountingext
>>repository to the main OFBiz accounting component. This would
>>include
>>screens and services for managing invoices and payments; configuring
>>internal accounting organizations; printing checks and invoices as
>>PDFs;
>>and posting transactions to the general ledger.
>>
>>A small minority of the files, responsible for posting transactions
>>such
>>as invoices, payments, inventory changes, and returns to the general
>>ledger; generating financial reports such as trial balances, income
>>statements, and balance sheets; and user and technical documentation
>>will be transferred out to a separate Open Source Strategies, Inc.
>>repository. We will then continue the development of a full featured
>>
>>"Financials" module, which would include ledger postings, financial
>>reporting, and traditional AR/AP, in this repository. This
>>Financials
>>module will be fully compatible with OFBiz, using the same entities,
>>architecture, and tools.
>>
>>We will be releasing this repository under both GPL and commercial
>>licenses within the next few days. You will be able to access the
>>repository for a download, and as soon as it is stable, we will be
>>making a release. Currently, for example, the returns posting is not
>>
>>working properly due to the large re-factoring of the returns feature
>>in
>>OFBiz we're doing.
>>
>>What does this mean? I hope this would mean the following:
>>
>>1. You will have access to a free accounting application that is
>>fully
>>integrated with OFBiz.
>>2. The availability of an accounting application should help OFBiz
>>adoption.
>>3. We will hopefully be able to fund its ongoing maintenance and
>>development through the sale of commercial licenses, in addition to
>>sponsored development and community contributions.
>>
>>We're currently setting up a repository and moving files into it. As
>>
>>soon as it's ready for access, I will write with the access
>>information.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Si
>>
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