On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 5:19 PM, James, Mason <mason@kohaaloha.com> wrote:
the big difference is that Biblibre, software-coop, (and all other Koha support companies) do *not* make their own Koha releases, unlike PTFS/Liblime
BL and SW-COOP understand that having many company-releases of many Koha-forks is harmful to the reputation of the Koha project, so they respectfully choose not to do that... (a subtle point that only PTFS/Liblime fail to understand)
There are a large number of successful open source software projects that defy this supposition. Forks are a vital part of the open source ecosystem that provide competitive feedback into the software development process. PTFS/Liblime is the *only* company that continues to release its own 'Koha',
and the only company to renege on it commitment to integrate its enhancements back to the Koha codebase
PTFS/Liblime seem to have missed the fundamental point of participating in the Koha project.
I think it's fair to say there's disagreement on what the fundamental point of participating in the Koha project is. Regards, Clay