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Why is OFBiz Open

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Source?

You may be asking yourself why is this project open source, and how the contributors to the project are going to make any money? The answer is here in the Why Open Source? document.

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OFBiz Strategic Busines Plan

If you are interested in being involved with Open For Business OFBiz or are wondering about the business related plans for the project, you may be interested in our Strategic Plan.

Foundational Concepts

The Open For Business OFBiz Project is an open source software project that provides tools and applications for business. The software is freely open and used by many people and organizations. To enable that it is licensed using the Apache License Version 2.0. The Apache License Version 2.0 allows adopters of the technology to customize, use and even sell it as desired with no obligations other than a release of liability and a copyright acknowledgement for the original source.

The vision of the Open For Business OFBiz Project is to produce High Quality Custom Enterprise Software which embraces and enables "The 5 'E's": 

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We know this goal will require many unconventional differentiating practices. Here are some of the basic Tenets that will guide the Open For Business OFBiz Project to this sort of success:

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On the software design side our goal is accomplished by producing open source best practices applications based on a flexible framework. The flexible framework includes a number of custom tools provided by the Open For Business OFBiz Project in addition to the best tools and platforms currently available. The goals behind the design of the tools and applications are as follows:

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The end result of focusing on these practices and design goals is that applications will be built, customized, and integrated fast and cheap. A person that is familiar with the tools and applications in Open For Business OFBiz will be able to quickly and inexpensively produce custom software that satisfies the needs of any individual, business or organization.

To get a better understanding of the organization and components of the Open For Business OFBiz tools and applications look at the General Documents on the Documentation Page, and also at Component and Component Set Dependencies