Yes, i would defnitely be interested. I think it would be nice to see someone actually develop a good plugin with a small foot print that can easily integrate with most applications.
Have you guys started any Architecture design yet? On 10/14/05, Jordan Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This was our thought as well, and the reason we decided to even attempt > this project. The current version of the calendar is installable, and > has some really neat features. however, there are a few bugs that need > to be fixed and the documentation still needs to be written for it. All > in all, a few hundred dollars worth of man-hours still need to be put > into it before it's ready to go. That's the difficult part, and the > reason we're attempting to determine interest in it. > > What about the modified MIT license we're thinking about releasing it > under? With the addition of the third paragraph, we've essentially made > the calendar linkware. Is this too much? We're not asking users to link > to the main vivio site or anything commercial. We're simply asking for a > link back to the main calendar site. Is this sort of licensing too > restrictive to the very liberal MIT license to be useful? As developers, > would would this requirement cause you to think twice before using it? > > The reason we added the third paragraph was because we wanted the effort > to grow, but perhaps there's a better way to do this? It makes me wonder > how some of the great open-source projects got started and became popular. > > Thank you all for your input. =) We really appreciate it and please keep > it coming! > > Warm regards, > Jordan Michaels > Vivio Technologies > > > > Andy Matthews wrote: > > >I would say that there would definitely be interest for something like that. > >My thoughts are that CF won't be "more" popular than it currently is until > >there's a larger base of "free scripts" out there for people to use. > > > ><!----------------//------ > >andy matthews > >web developer > >ICGLink, Inc. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >615.370.1530 x737 > >--------------//---------> > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Jordan Michaels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 4:29 PM > >To: CF-Talk > >Subject: Any Interest in a Completely Free CFML Calendar? > > > > > >For some time now, Vivio Technologies has been debating whether or not > >to put forth the effort to complete the development of a completely > >free, (under a modified open-source MIT license) CFML calendar > >application. The idea was to develop a calendar application that anyone > >could do anything they want with, and help support the Cold Fusion > >community as a whole. Companies who develop in CFML would have the > >ability to -re-design, re-code, -re-brand, re-sell, or whatever else > >they wanted to do with the calendar application. The calendar would be > >able to run under BlueDragon FREE edition, and use open-source databases > >like PostgreSQL and MySQL. That way, no user anywhere would need to pay > >for anything more then the cost of hosting in order to deploy the calendar. > > > >Our question is simple: Would there be any interest in something like this? > > > >If there is significant interest, Vivio Technologies will make the > >investment to complete the project and deliver the calendar. If there is > >only a small amount of interest, then we'll quit wasting our time > >debating over this project and move on to projects which are of more > >value to us and/or the community. > > > >Please take a moment to visit our current calendar site located at the > >following URL: > > > >http://calendar.viviotech.net/ > > > >Please understand that the calendar project isn't *quite* finished, but > >if there is interest we'll be more then happy to put the finishing > >touches (the spit and polish - if you will) on the calendar and make it > >available, completely free of charge, to the community. > > > >We welcome any comments you may have - good or bad. Thank you for > >helping us in this decision. > > > >-- > >Warm regards, > >Jordan Michaels > >Vivio Technologies > >http://www.viviotech.net/ > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:221085 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
