open sourced vbulletin addons

[TalkVirginia]

I was wondering if anyone has considered open sourcing addons where multiple authors/developers can participate in the development then release various phases of development here on vb.org.

I have an addon I'm working on and I'm not sure if I'm going to have time to work on it for a while. I didn't want to let it sit so I was interested in going this route to allow other addon developers to keep it going and maybe make it better in the long run.

Any thoughts?

Jim

[Disasterpiece]

PhP addons are by definition open source (with few exceptions).
I think you mean that "reusable code" box ticked. Really up to the developer. I've not yet seen any mod making useful use of that status.

[Andreas]

PhP addons are by definition open source (with few exceptions).
Usually they are not, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software

Open Source != Source Code available

[TalkVirginia]

Usually they are not, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software

Open Source != Source Code available

I agree which leads back to my orginal question. I think it would be cool to have different developers working to perfect an addon.