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MPower CRM software released on Sourceforge under GPL(Telecomworldwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) MPower, a software supplier responsible for the eponymous constituent relationship management (CRM) program, announced today (13 June) that its program has been accepted by Sourceforge.net, an online repository of open source software. The company's program can be downloaded from Sourceforge for free and used by private individuals or not-for-profit organisations such as charities without charge under the General Public License (GPL). In addition to having free access to the functional program, users will have full access to the source code and the freedom to make changes to the code either to introduce new functionality or to fix problems. MPower intend to launch forums moderated by their development staff to provide help and support to users and to publish guidelines and coding practices on a wiki for organisations that would like to make changes to the software. Product documentation will also be available. Users will be able to publish changes to the software for possible inclusion by MPower into the product. Although the software will be available free to not-for-profit organisations under GPL, commercial users will not be able to take advantage of this license. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) Copyright ? 2008 M2 Communications Ltd. |