newburns Posted April 11, 2013 Posted April 11, 2013 Is it against licensing or illegal in any way to supply an osCommerce file with a lot of add-ons already installed, and the combined or condensed SQL file? Basically, I have installed all of these addons and got a lot working together fine, and I would like to share a complete install for others to use. Does that make anyone upset?
burt Posted April 11, 2013 Posted April 11, 2013 Do what you want so long as you respect all copyrights. Set up your own site for it? Provide support for it? What's your plan.
newburns Posted April 11, 2013 Author Posted April 11, 2013 Kind of hoping to get some advice. I don't think I can supply it here, but at my own site, will put people in a bind if I go offline one day. Also, I wouldn't be able to support all the add-ons, but I would help the best of my ability. I would like community involvement as much as possible. I'm not starting my own or anything, but giving others a chance to get up and running easily. Ideally, I have to start up another store, so I will be created a blank copy of my store in the near future. Just thought I would share that blank copy with all the addons and database changes with the community. I know it won't be perfect, but it's a start.
burt Posted April 11, 2013 Posted April 11, 2013 Worth a read: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/topic/388826-supporting-osc/ Let us know your thoughts (on that thread), back here...or there. Or at your own site.
newburns Posted April 11, 2013 Author Posted April 11, 2013 Guess it was a bad idea. But here's my issue... When I support osc monetarily, I still have 50 or so add-ons that need troubleshooting etc., and looking at different threads about money transactions and other forum developers, it's not a good idea to pay the developers of these add-ons to troubleshoot them when you are trying to make them mesh together. I can't count on good coding from the forum. I can't pay for good coding from the developers. I don't care about the money, the essential product is not available. Things like Super Downloads, QT Pro, All of FWR Media add-ons, and security stuff. How can I guarantee that I can get a product with those features and qualities? Even if money was involved. But I definitely see your point, being that it would be a fork. And it would. Unless the community can agree on one standard Mega Pack! Then the community would support that MegaPack
newburns Posted April 11, 2013 Author Posted April 11, 2013 Oh Well. I understand v3.1 will be similar to how Wordpress is setup. What can I do to assist with v3.1? I'm not a developer. I read, copy and paste; or look at the error where it says line whatever is causing an error, go to that line, and remove the trailing ";" I see on the roadmap that v2.4 should be more modular. Not sure what that exactly means, but how easy will it be to integrate add-ons to v2.4? Will it be like now where you compare files, change code, and get on the forum to paste the errors you have?
burt Posted April 11, 2013 Posted April 11, 2013 I think that you should wait a while for the new "community team" who will be leading the way with regards to how 2.x series osCommerce is taken forward. As a non-coder, a good way for you to contribute is to purchase a sponsorship, I think it is presently 10euros a month or so.
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