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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nice that PSI has made their work available.

Though I worry a little bit about the way we go with this app business.
Specifically:
1.  there is no licence
2.  there is no pointer to source code
3.  the app is in "our" app store on dhis2.org.  What does that mean?  It
is somehow endorsed for quality and/or legal clearance.  How does an app
get into the app store?

I think we need to think carefully about these questions as an open source
project.  Particulalrly as we tag on things which are not necessarily open
source.  I know it sounds trendy like google and all, but is "store" really
the metaphor we need or something else - like app library or app repository
or something?

I would suggest that we need to:
1.  rename app store to something better - I would vote for library
2.  develop some process around the submission of apps which includes
clarity over licence.  Maybe there can be some standard place within the
app we indicate that with possible link to source code where appropriate.


On 8 October 2014 20:51, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> we have a new app available in the app store
> <https://www.dhis2.org/appstore>: Tabular Tracker Capture.
>
> Tabular Tracker Capture is an app that makes you more effective and
> productive when capturing lots of persons and event information. It lets
> you register new persons and other entities, do enrollment in programs and
> enter event or case information in the same screen. You can easily navigate
> between organisation units, time periods and enrollment status.
>
> Get it from the app store <https://www.dhis2.org/appstore>. Try it out on
> the demo <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo>. See a screenshot
> <http://folk.uio.no/larshelg/images/tabular-capture.png>.
>
>
> This app was developer by James Chang and contributed by PSI
> <http://www.psi.org/>.
>
> We are happy that PSI made the effort to make the app generic and
> reusable, hence making it available for others to use on their own DHIS
> instance. We encourage you to check it out.
>
>
> best regards,
>
> Lars
>
>
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