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On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 10:18, Phil Mattison wrote:
> My company recently launched a new online classified ad site
> (http://www.finderz.net) and I'm thinking of creating an open-source vers=
ion
> of the software using PHP & MySQL. I've seen a number of classified ad

If you are going to create an open source 'version' and not actually
make the software open source, likely you will have a hard time finding
people willing to contribute.  Generally it has been proven that
projects that release only an older or crippled version under the open
source umbrella dont garner much outside support, for obvious reasons.

> packages on download forums, but most of them were either relatively
> expensive, fairly cheesy, or both. I'm sending out this message to gage t=
he
> interest in developing such a package, and would like to hear from anyone
> who might be interested in participating on a volunteer basis. I can prov=
ide

Generally Free Software is developed by doing, not by committee.  If you
have what you feel is good software others might enjoy/benefit from.=20
Setup a project and release it.  The public will quickly let you know if
they are interested.

> a fairly substantial code base to start from. This idea came to me as I w=
as
> looking at phpbb.com, which is a really excellent PHP/SQL open-source for=
um
> package. I contacted the lead developer, who said, "We created phpBB beca=
use
> we believe in the principals of Open Source and we enjoy writing code tha=
t
> people can use. We all have day jobs and any costs involved in the projec=
t
> we handle ourselves." I figure there must be others out there of the same
> mind. I can provide web hosting etc. for the project. If anyone is
> interested I can provide substantially more detail regarding what I have =
in
> mind, though looking at Finderz.NET should give you a pretty good idea. I=
 am
> located in the East Valley, Chandler area, though I suppose that doesn't
> necessarily matter.

Location is of no concern in the free software world, generally speaking
they span nearly every continent and multiple languages.  In fact, most
of the projects I work on the number of American developers pales in
comparison to the number of non-American developers.

Certainly you could host on your own, but you might to take advantage of
Savannah, Sourceforge or the likes that have some built in
infrastructure for these types of projects to rapidly get started.
=20
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Derek Neighbors
GNU Enterprise
http://www.gnuenterprise.org
derek@gnue.org

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