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Alpha Release Announced, Sponsors Needed
We are excited about the "Red Ochre" release (0.1) of GetPaid. This will be our first fully functional product. We are currently in a development push, with the lead architect hard at work. We are seeking sponsors to contribute to this development. Read on for more details.
Red Ochre Release Scheduled for June 1
The first release of our product, GetPaid, will happen June 1, 2007. This represents a lot of work to get the architecture down and workable. The initial product will be able to make content payable and process a payment (using the Authorize.net processor). This release will include:
- Administrative screens
- Quick Install
- Setup of pay processor (a tab in product interface)
- "Payable" content
- Ability to make any content payable
- Donations handling (form to take donations)
- Example of pay processing content workflow integration
- Payment processor
- Authorize.net pay processor integration
- A shopping cart
- Checkout
- Registration/authentication
See Release Plan and links to user stories.
Sponsors Needed
GetPaid is a well-organized project seeking to provide reliable, useful releases. Rather than relying on all volunteers, we are funding the development of this open source product to ensure that it moves along successfully. We offer many options for sponsorship, but any and all contributions are welcome! If you want to make a contribution, please see information about sponsorship and how to make a contribution.
If you have any quesitons, please contact us.
What does the release name mean?
"Red Ochre" is the nickname for this release. Red Ochre was chosen because it is one of the earliest forms of money used (see wikipedia info), approximately 100,000 years ago. Since this is our first release, we are emerging. We chose the early symbol of money to relate to this release.
