Technical Troubleshooting
General
Running ivata groupware
Licenses
If you have no internet connection, this might be because tomcat is validating an XML document against an internet source. Look for an timeout error message in the Tomcat log.
Also, remove all webapps from the webapps
directory and the server/webapps which you don't
use.
ivata groupware is a free, open source, standards based groupware solution.
Out of the box, it comes with an address book, webmail, calendar, content management system and a virtual drive. Different versions of files stored in the drive and as attachments are automatically saved.
ivata groupware is a tool designed for teams who need a solid groupware solution which they can extend to meet their needs exactly.
Since it uses robust J2EE software as its based, it is very scalable and suitable for both small teams as well as deployment across large organizations.
This FAQ answers some frequent questions already. If these resources don't help you with your problem, the ivata groupware User List is a good source for help. Most of the ivata groupware developers are subscribed to the Maven User List, so they can answer questions directly.
Yes, but under the terms of the Gnu General Public License, you must also distribute any changes to the source code you may have made.
See the licensing section for a description of ivata groupware licensing arrangements.
You basically just need maven, and it will download other dependencies automatically. The only exception to this are the JavaMail and Java Activation Framework, which are both restricted by a license from Sun.
See here for full details.
ivata groupware is built and tested on various flavors of Linux and Windows.. It will also work on other flavors of UNIX with some minor modification.
We like to keep fairly up to date. The current release uses assertions, so it requires at least JVM 1.4+, but it has also been tested with 1.5.1.
ivata groupware is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (vesion 2). This is a free license which enables the ivata groupware community to benefit from both the program and the source code behind it.
If you require an different license, please contact ivata to arrange an alternative.
Dual licensing of the ivata groupware source code provides open and free access to the technology both for the GPL community and for other developers or companies that cannot use the GPL. We use the same practise as other open-source projects like Perl, OpenOffice.org and Mozilla. It lets ivata offer commercial versions and makes sure ivata will be able to defend the GPL license, if necessary.
All contributions to the source code will require that the code is automatically available under the GPL. ivata asks that developers fill out the Joint Copyright Assignment so that the copyright is unified. The JCA ensures that ivata can defend license violations if necessary. ivata is absolutely committed to the dual license mechanism of GPL + proprietary for source code and will remain so committed.
Yes, if you want to contribute to the project, you must fill out a JCA first.
There is a fax number at the foot of the document. Print the document out, fill out your details, sign it and fax it to the number listed.
Please also pop it in the post (snail mail) to ivata.
Yes, you are free to sell copies of the ivata groupware program. The only condiditon is that, if you make changes to the source code, under the terms of the GPL license, you must distribute these changes so that the community may benefit too.
It is possible to arrange alternative licensing. Please contact ivata for more information.
No, once a program has been released under the terms of the GPL license it is always available under those terms. ivata is firmly committed to keeping this project open and available to the community.
