README

# WebCollab

### QUICK LINKS

- For installation see the INSTALLATION file.
- For questions and answers to common problems see the FAQ file.
- For help in getting started see the BASICS file.
- For the notes relevant to this release see the RELEASE NOTES file in the root directory.

### BACKGROUND

WebCollab was originally based on Core-lan-org software (CoreAPM) written by Dennis Fleurbaaij.

I started using CoreAPM in November 2001 for project managing a telcommunications cellsite deployment at my place of employment - a civil engineering consultancy. Along the way, I made changes and improvements to the CoreAPM source code; I become a contributor, then a listed developer to the CoreAPM code.

Over time my version slowly moved away from the main tree because we had need different needs and aims. In time it became uniquely different from the CoreAPM software.

We are still using WebCollab for the same cellsite rollout; it's also being used for numerous other projects internally. By March 2003, the time had come to release back to the community, and let a wider range of users experience WebCollab.

In August 2003, development of CoreAPM officially ceased and the original developer recommended that users convert to WebCollab.

WebCollab has been developed on Red Hat Linux and Debian Woody and run in a production environment with initially, PostgreSQL, and later MySQL databases. Although we do not develop in Windows, we have enough reports of stable installations to recommend this as a working platform.

I hope that you enjoy using WebCollab; it's been fun bringing it to you.

Andrew Simpson
andrew.simpson@paradise.net.nz

### HOMEPAGE

http://webcollab.sourceforge.net/

### LICENSE

Webcollab is released under the GNU GPL license. See the file LICENSE for details

### THANKS

Thanks goes to Dennis Fleurbaaij for letting me loose on the CoreAPM code, while I picked up some rudimentary PHP coding skills.

Numerous people have made suggestions, and comments to improve WebCollab. I have tried to thank these people in the RELEASE file of each release.

Special thanks goes to the translators who have supported me with translations.

### CONTRIBUTIONS, FEEDBACK & COMMENTS

Contributions and comments are always welcomed. Most of the developed features in recent versions have been the result of user comments and ideas.

Feedback from users or groups using WebCollab is especially welcomed. It's always a buzz to hear that WebCollab is helping someone, somewhere...