<img src="/images/otv.gif" align="left" height=600 width=70 hspace=12
alt="open theory hacker's page">

<table><tr><td><font face='verdana,helvetica,arial' size=2>Hi all, here
you'll find all informations about open theory development. Please read the
<a href="http://www.opentheory.org"><b>homepage of open theory</b></a>
first to understand what the intention of the project is - unfortunately
currently in german only. You're invited to support the development process
by any means you are willing to give to the project. We are especially
looking for:<ul><li>PHP3/MySQL hackers</li><li>Testers</li><li>PERL
coder</li><li>translators to other languages than
german</li></ul></font></td><td align="center" valign="top"
bgcolor="#FFFFEE"><font face='verdana,helvetica,arial' size=2>with support
by<br><a href="http://sourceforge.net" target="_top"><img
src="http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=14035&type=1" width=88
height=31 border=0 vspace=5 hspace=20 alt="SourceForge"></a><br>and<br><a
href="http://www.syrius.de" target="_top"><img src="/images/syrius.gif"
width=60 border=0 vspace=5 alt="Syrius"></a></font></td></tr></table>

Although <i>this</i> page is in english - probably not the best one - the
projects originally started with german pages. So, a very cool thing would
be a smart translation to english.

The open theory project from a developers point of view

The open theory project technically is made up of some tables in a MySQL
database and (currently) of some PHP3 and PERL scripts reading and writing
this database. By this means texts, members and maintainers of open theory
content projects can be managed via web pages. You can say, that open
theory is a mixure of news group or mailing archives and static web pages.
The goal is the support of collaborative production of texts, ideas,
theories and thoughs. The advantage is, that users can view discussion
treads at the same time and can immediately repond by sending a comment.
This comment is transfered to the database, so that the next web page
reload will show this submission.

Want to join?

Depending on your contribution you'll need some technical resources.
Hacking requires an access to a MySQL/PHP3 combination to implement and
test scripts. There are some MySQL/PHP3-resources availble on the web, a
list can be found on <a
href="http://www.dynamic-webpages.de/17.provider.php"
target="_top">http://www.dynamic-webpages.de/17.provider.php</a>, however,
I have no experience with such offers. Maybe some PERL scripts can be used
and tested without access to a database. Translators need a simple text
editor.

If you want to join the development, please send a mail to the maintainer
<a href="mailto:stefan.meretz@opentheory.org">Stefan Meretz</a> or make a
subscription to the dev-project on the <a
href="/member.phtml">member-page</a>. You are then automatically subscribed
to a mailinglist.

If you want to debate general aspects of open theory like wanted features
of the software, handling of practical problems like non-sense comments or
spamming, advantages and disadvantages of licenses used for open theory
etc., than you should subscribe to the general and <i>non-technical</i> <a
href="/proj/open_theory">open_theory-project</a>. This is the main project
in the hierarchy with <b><i>ot</i></b> as subject - for all people who want
to bring the idea of open theory forward.

Download of released versions

The open theory software is released under the terms of <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License
(GPL)</a>. By using the software you accept these terms including the
exclusion of any warranty. Currently there is no official released version
because the project just started in february 2000. Current pre-release is
<b>beta-0.41b</b>. For testing purposes you can download it <a
href="/ot-v0.41.tar.gz"><b>here</b></a>.
