[TYPO3-ect] Lauching the "Partner Framework" project

[Elmar Hinz]

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> I don't understand the problem here. If a company wants to spend time
> and money into developing something good for the TYPO3-community, why
> shouldn't they then use that afterwards to promote themselves? I think

They should. It is all about terms.

> the fact that companies are making money with TYPO3 is one of basic
> points that the project is moving forward.
> 
> Its not like they will be adding stuff to the core that we don't want
> to, especially because nothing is added to the "core" without some
> agreement between the "core-team" (see core-team mailing list), which is
> known to be wise and non-corruptable. ;)
> 
> The "core" is already very slim and most stuff is already being done in
> extensions (be it system extensions). The tecnical separation is already

That's what I am telling. You contribute new features as extensions. But that is
a term marketing people fear. Extension sounds unimportant.

They like to think of a growing core, where it is of worth to implement more and
more features into. They like to be a "core contributing company". But they
don't want to contribute an extension. Especially not, when there is no
guarentee that it will be part of the core. (Or if there is danger that the core
team could remove it out of the core. A horrible vision if you have sponsored it
for marketing reasons. Better call the lawyer before. ;-) )

> there. Its just that many extensions ship with TYPO3 (which then many
> people call as "the core"), but their number is shrinking (e.g. tt_news,
> tt_products, etc, used to ship with "the core").
> 
> I think its a matter of taste to call "the core" the whole typo_src
> package or just the everything in there that's not an extensions. So if
> some companies marketing teams uses the term "the core" to speak also of
> system extensions, I have no problem with that. Or is there any?
> 

That's what it is necessary to communicate. That it is of worth to contribute
extensions and that also the core is a set of them.

> 
> Cheers,
> Ernesto

/el

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