Hello Dave
We hope to do this website with open source code only. It is not the monetary concern but the license problems.
When we complete a project, we want to split the website up and give our customer a copy of the website with their project in it.
By contractual agreements, all documents and project
information is given to the customer at the end of a project.
Our customers will hold on to their documents for decades. Propriety software means our customer will need to get a
license, probably many so that they can share between
departments, etc.
We want an open source website so we can give protects to
our customers (including ALL the source code) that they can freely copy and share. Software licenses are a big hassle. Even when we buy the code, making modifications and sharing with our customers is not allowed.
Joe
----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Stevens geek@uniserve.com To: support@drupal.org; Joe Java cop3252@yahoo.com Cc: Sent: Friday, July 1, 2011 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [support] Advise for new website
Hello Joe,
For free and easy I use virtualmin GPL (from virtualmin.com) to set up email and mailman mailing lists. If you use the paid for version you'll have an installer for Drupal as well, currently at version 7.2. This won't do away with the need for a knowledgeable designer for your other requirements, but will get you started.
Dave
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