Ask Slashdot: How To Share a SharePoint Site?

New submitter grzzld writes "I am a systems analyst for a County in New York. Last year I made a SharePoint site that manages grants and it was well received. So much so that it won a NACo award. Since then, there have been several requests from other municipalities from around the country who would like to get this SharePoint site. The county is trying to figure out how to protect ourselves from people making money from it and having people hold us liable if it they use it and something goes awry. I am afraid that ultimately nothing will be done and the site will not be shared since at the end of the day it is much easier to not do anything and just say no. I proposed that we license it under an Open Source agreement but I am not versed enough in the differences between all of them. It is also unclear to me if I could do this since the nature of the 'program' is a SharePoint site. It seemed like CodePlex would be a good place to put this since it is Microsoft centric and it an open source initiative. I just want to contribute my work to others who may find it useful. The county just wants to make sure they can't be held liable and have somebody turn my work around and make a buck. How can I release this to the world and make sure the county's concerns are addressed?"

Comments

quick how-to

[X0563511]

Step 1: Cry, because you used sharepoint
Step 2: Wallow about, because it's sharepoint and you're pretty much screwed
Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 indefinitly.

Re:quick how-to

[BudAaron]

So you loath the company that made computers both cheap and ubiquitous... It's really sad to hear comments like this. IF it weren't for Microsoft you'd be paying thousands to tens of thousands of dollars to run your open source Unix knockoff. It's because of Microsoft that you CAN run your cheap ass software on cheap ass computers. Get a clue my friend - someone needs to make money to make this all work. If everyone worked for free (as in open source) no one could pay the bills. I'm a developer and I spend hours writing check printing software so I really need to get paid to live and eat. You may have an unlimited source of income so you can write software and give it away - I don't.