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<chapter id="other-information">
<title id="other-information.title">Other information</title>
<sect1 id="other-information.author-and-homepage">
<title id="other-information.author-and-homepage.title">Authors and homepage</title>
<para>
&name; had amount of project maintainers.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
John McCreesh <email>jpmcc@phpmyedit.org</email> founded project and
developed all versions 0.x, 1.x, 2.x and 3.x.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Jim Kraai <email>jkraai@phpmyedit.org</email> maintains phpMyEdit
versions 4.x.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Ondrej Jombik <email>nepto@phpmyedit.org</email> is current project
maintainer. He develops version 5.0 and laters.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
Many thanks to various project contributors. See
<filename>doc/ChangeLog</filename> file for credits. Special thanks belongs
to these contributors (in alphabetical order):
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Pau Aliagas <email>pau@phpmyedit.org</> who converted &name;
to PHP class in version 3.0.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Hugues Bernard <email>hbernard@phpmyedit.org</> who
implemented some important &name; features and contributed several bugfixes.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Adam Hammond <email>ajh@phpmyedit.org</email> who contributed
several phpMyEdit extensions related work.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Doug Hockinson <email>doug@phpmyedit.org</> who helped to
create exhaustive official &name; documentation and donate <ulink
url="http://phpMyEdit.org/">phpMyEdit.org</> domain.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Michal Palenik <email>michal@phpmyedit.org</> who
did quality testing and implemented some nice &name; features.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
Please do not write previous maintainers support questions, suggestions, bug
reports or patches. Use Platon.SK bug-tracking system, support forum or &name;
mailinglist for these purposes.
</para>
<para>
Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Platon Group,
<ulink url="http://platon.sk/">http://platon.sk/</ulink>
</para>
<para>
The official &name; homepage is:
<ulink url="http://platon.sk/projects/&name;/">
http://platon.sk/projects/&name;/</ulink>
</para>
<para>
The &name; project management page is:
<ulink url="http://platon.sk/projects/main_page.php?project_id=5">
http://platon.sk/projects/main_page.php?project_id=5</ulink>
</para>
<para>
This documentation is related to &name; version &version; which was released
in &date-human;.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="other-information.license">
<title id="other-information.license.title">License</title>
<para>
In this section are licensing possibilities written.
</para>
<sect2 id="other-information.license-oss">
<title id="other-information.license-oss.title">Open Source License</title>
<para>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General
Public License</ulink> as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
</para>
<para>
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
</para>
<para>
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="other-information.license-commercial">
<title id="other-information.license-commercial.title">Commercial License</title>
<para>
Using this commercial license you can use &name; in your projects and these
projects no longer need to be an open-source software. You can also sell your
product to the public without releasing your source codes. Basically all the
GNU GPL obligations can be omitted with
the "&name; Commercial License". You do not need to worry
about them, anymore!
</para>
<para>
See <ulink
url="http://www.phpmyedit.org/article.php?commercial">Commercial section</ulink>
at the <ulink url="http://www.phpmyedit.org/">phpMyEdit.org</ulink>
website for conditions and pricing.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="other-information.support-and-feedback">
<title id="other-information.support-and-feedback.title">Support and feedback</title>
<bridgehead id="other-information.bug-tracking-system">Bug-tracking system</bridgehead>
<para>
We are happy to accept bug reports, suggestions for improvement, or improved
code, preferably via our <ulink url="http://platon.sk/">Platon.SK</ulink>
bug-tracking system where everyone can see them. When submitting a new bug
report, make sure the same bug is not already submitted. If not, go straight to
the new bug submission link and enter exhaustive details by filling out all the
required fields.
</para>
<para>
All bugs listing page:
<ulink url="http://platon.sk/projects/view_all_bug_page.php?project_id=5">
http://platon.sk/projects/view_all_bug_page.php?project_id=5</ulink>
</para>
<para>
New bug submission:
<ulink url="http://platon.sk/projects/bug_report_advanced_page.php?project_id=5">
http://platon.sk/projects/bug_report_advanced_page.php?project_id=5</ulink>
</para>
<bridgehead>Support forum</bridgehead>
<para>
A web based forum has been established to provide support for &name;. There you
can discuss and consult general issues related to this project. Installation,
configuration and usage questions can be asked there. The forum is also the
right place for brainstorming about new features, since more opinions and points
of view can be presented. The whole matter needs to be completelly re-thought
before it will be submitted into bug-tracking system, marked as a feature
request and finally implemented.
</para>
<para>
<ulink url="http://platon.sk/forum/projects/?c=5">
http://platon.sk/forum/projects/?c=5</ulink>
</para>
<bridgehead>Feedback</bridgehead>
<para>
Feel free to correct the text of the documents and messages in this project if
you find a mistake or typo.
</para>
<para>
Usage of mentioned services is prefered, however if you need to contact authors
directly, use the following <<ulink
url="mailto:platon@platon.sk?subject=&name;">platon@platon.sk</>> e-mail
address and write '&name;' keyword in the Subject line.
</para>
<bridgehead>Donation</bridgehead>
<para>
If you appreciate &name; application, you can send a donation
to the Platon Group via PayPal. All the major
credit cards are accepted. Please use the e-mail address <<ulink
url="mailto:platon@platon.sk">platon@platon.sk</>>
as the recipient.
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Thank you!
</para>
<bridgehead>Translations</bridgehead>
<para>
If you don't find in <filename class=directory>lang/</filename>
subdirectory a translation into your language, you can make one. Before spending
time creating a translation, check
<ulink url="http://platon.sk/cvs/cvs.php/&name;/lang/">http://platon.sk/cvs/cvs.php/&name;/lang/</>
to see if development for that translation has already begun.
</para>
</sect1>
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<sect1 id="other-information.mailinglist"><title>Mailinglist</title>
<para>
There is &name; mailinglist provided on <ulink
url="http://sourceforge.net/">SourceForge.Net</ulink>. Subscription is strongly
recommended, especially if you want to discuss new features or participate on
further ideas and thoughts.
</para>
<para>
You can join this mailinglist by accessing following link
</para>
<para>
<ulink url="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyedit-discuss">
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyedit-discuss</ulink>
</para>
<para>
Another possibility is by sending e-mail with keyword 'subscribe' in Subject
line to following e-mail address
</para>
<para>
<email>phpmyedit-discuss-request@lists.sourceforge.net</email>
</para>
</sect1>
-->
<sect1 id="other-information.cvs-access"><title>CVS access</title>
<para>
Whole &name; project is provided in <ulink
url="http://platon.sk/">Platon Group</ulink> CVS repository. It is
possible to review our CVS repository using <ulink
url="http://platon.sk/cvs/cvs.php/&name;/">CVSweb interface</ulink>, but it is
also possible to checkout files using anonymous access.
</para>
<para>
Particular CVS instructions follows. Platon Group CVS repository can
be checked out through anonymous (pserver) CVS with the following instruction
set. When prompted for a password for anonymous, simply press the
<keycap>Enter</keycap> key.
</para>
<para>
<screen>
<!-- <prompt>$</prompt> --><userinput>export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.platon.sk:/home/cvs</userinput>
<!-- <prompt>$</prompt> --><userinput>cvs login</userinput>
<!-- <prompt>$</prompt> --><userinput>cvs checkout &name;</userinput>
</screen>
</para>
<para>
These commands should work with no problems on any UNIX-like system with cvs
client installed. For checkouting on MS-Windows platform you can use one from
several free available CVS client softwares.
</para>
</sect1>
</chapter>
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