Upcoming Events
NYC CiviCRM Meetup - September 7th
September 7th, 2010
This next NYC meetup will feature a case study or 2, a look at what's new in (more...)
Configuring, Customizing and Extending CiviCRM - New York
September 16th, 2010
This comprehensive two-day hands on training course is targeted at (more...)
CiviCRM User and Administrator Training - New York
September 16th, 2010
A comprehensive two day hands on training course covering the configuration, (more...)
CiviCRM Code and Test Sprint - New York
September 18th, 2010
This code and test sprint is targeted at experienced developers who want to (more...)
CiviCRM Toronto Meetup
September 21st, 2010
Come meet others from the Toronto Area who are interested in, using or (more...)
CiviCRM Philly Meetup – September 2010
September 23rd, 2010
Come meet others from the Philadelphia Area who are interested in, using or (more...)
CiviCRM Seminar - Dublin
September 28th, 2010
NfP Services are hosting a free seminar at The IBOA, Stephen St Upper, Dublin 8 (more...)
London developer and implementer training
September 30th, 2010
This comprehensive two-day hands on training course is targeted at implementers, (more...)
London user and administrator training
September 30th, 2010
A comprehensive two day hands on training course covering the configuration, (more...)
Berlin user and administrator training
October 6th, 2010
A comprehensive one day hands on training course covering the configuration, (more...)
Berlin developer and implementer training
October 7th, 2010
This comprehensive one-day hands on training course is targeted at implementers, (more...)
Benelux meetup in Brussels: Connect, communicate and activate your supporters and constituents
October 11th, 2010
Come meet others who are interested in, using or developing for CiviCRM. For (more...)
CiviCRM Toronto Meetup
October 19th, 2010
Come meet others from the Toronto Area who are interested in, using or (more...)
CiviCRM Toronto Meetup
November 16th, 2010
Come meet others from the Toronto Area who are interested in, using or (more...)
CiviCRM Components
Tools for engaging your supporters...
CiviCRM Licensing
- Not Just a Contact Database
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These optional components give you more power to connect and engage your supporters.
civiCONTRIBUTE
Online fundraising and donor management.
civiEVENT
Online event registration and participant tracking.
civiMEMBER
Online signup and membership management.
civiMAIL
Personalized email blasts and newsletters.
civiREPORT
Report generation and template management.
CiviCRM Codebase
The CiviCRM 1 codebase is licensed under the Affero General Public License (AGPL).
The CiviCRM 2 (and later) codebase is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License 3 (GNU AGPL 3) and the CiviCRM Licensing Exception.
CiviCRM Licensing Exception
This CiviCRM Licensing Exception is an additional permission under section 7 of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3. It applies to a given file that bears a notice stating that the file is governed by that license along with this exception.
Permission is hereby granted to combine the Program with works licensed under the PHP License versions 2.01, 2.02, 3.0 and 3.01.
Permission is hereby granted to license modified versions of the Program to CiviCRM LLC under the Academic Free License version 3.
Contributions to CiviCRM
The following guidelines cover project guidelines for licensing and copyright for patches and code contributions to be accepted into the core codebase. They were developed for us by Lawrence Rosen – our project attorney – who specializes in Open Source Software licensing.
While there is no bright line test for this, “minor software patches” and “code snippets” aren’t usually copyrightable subject matter. Copyright law requires some minimal level of expressive creativity, rather than just a brief description (even in source code form) of the solution to a technical software problem.
CiviCRM accepts minor software patches and code snippets from community members through our wiki and issue tracker without any formal agreements AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT CLAIM A COPYRIGHT INTEREST IN THEM. DO NOT PLACE COPYRIGHT NOTICES IN SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS if you do not claim a copyright interest in them.
Larger contributions are assumed to be copyrightable and we require that you place your copyright notice in the source code so that we have a clear record of claimed authorship. If you place a copyright notice in anything you contribute to CiviCRM, you will also need to license those works (under the Academic Free License version 3.0) to CiviCRM before they will be acceptable for distribution to our users and customers. To do so, place the following notice in the source code of every contributed file at the top:
/* * Copyright (C) 20xx author(s)-names * Licensed to CiviCRM under the Academic Free License version 3.0. * */
Replace “20xx” with the year you wrote the contribution, and list the name(s) of the contributor(s) or your company’s name (whichever is appropriate) in the copyright notice.
