# HG changeset patch # User Sebastien Jodogne # Date 1594119130 -7200 # Node ID 93c2f780aaef1bf77c67b89664513fbba163e551 # Parent 35b3b0a2d16caa364fd478433cbb50694f746bee improvement diff -r 35b3b0a2d16c -r 93c2f780aaef Sphinx/source/contributing.rst --- a/Sphinx/source/contributing.rst Tue Jul 07 12:32:50 2020 +0200 +++ b/Sphinx/source/contributing.rst Tue Jul 07 12:52:10 2020 +0200 @@ -74,14 +74,8 @@ * **Financial support**: - - Buy commercial services: - - + Osimis provides `support packs - `__ dedicated to Orthanc. - + Osimis can be hired to do `custom developments - `__ related to medical imaging. - + Currently, Osimis is the only company ensuring such corporate - services according to an open-source business model, but others - might show up in the future. `Please warn us - `__ if your know about another such - company! + - Osimis provides `support packs and custom development services + `__ around the Orthanc + ecosystem and, more generally, around medical imaging. Buying such + professional services is the best way to make the Orthanc project + sustainable in the long term. diff -r 35b3b0a2d16c -r 93c2f780aaef Sphinx/source/faq/donations.rst --- a/Sphinx/source/faq/donations.rst Tue Jul 07 12:32:50 2020 +0200 +++ b/Sphinx/source/faq/donations.rst Tue Jul 07 12:52:10 2020 +0200 @@ -7,28 +7,20 @@ it's a poor business model for running an open source project as it suggests the developers are working for charity. +If you are a **commercial company** that builds upon the Orthanc +ecosystem for your own products, please contribute by buying the +`corporate services provided by Osimis +`__. + If you want to **help the project financially as an end-user**, you can approach some of the companies offering commercial support for Orthanc and engage their services. Doing so creates a healthy ecosystem around the project where companies are encouraged to contribute their resources to improve the project to create a larger -pool of potential customers wanting their services. Those companies -can be found at the following locations: - -* `Orthanc Pro contact form `__. - -* List of `freelancers, small companies, or volunteers providing - custom assistance - `__ - on the Orthanc Users forum. - -Also, if you are a **commercial company** that builds upon the Orthanc -project for your own products, please use the `Orthanc Pro contact -form `__ so as to -engage one of the companies that provide commercial support to -accelerate your feature. Currently, `Osimis `_ -is the only company ensuring such corporate services, but others might -show up in the future. +pool of potential customers wanting their services. A list of +`freelancers or volunteers providing custom assistance +`__ +is available on the Orthanc Users forum. We appreciate **positive feedback** on our project as well. If you are on Twitter, send us a tweet to `@OrthancServer @@ -38,5 +30,5 @@ Finally, don't forget to have a look :ref:`other ways to contribute ` to the Orthanc project. -*Note:* This text is directly adapted from the `BigBlueButton FAQ +*Note:* This text is adapted from the `BigBlueButton FAQ `__. diff -r 35b3b0a2d16c -r 93c2f780aaef Sphinx/source/faq/improving-interface.rst --- a/Sphinx/source/faq/improving-interface.rst Tue Jul 07 12:32:50 2020 +0200 +++ b/Sphinx/source/faq/improving-interface.rst Tue Jul 07 12:52:10 2020 +0200 @@ -36,21 +36,26 @@ a `plugin `__. Any front-end Web developer could take care of this task using well-known -JavaScript frameworks (such as Meteor, AngularJS, Ember.js...). +JavaScript frameworks (such as Angular, Vue.js...). It is possible that an official plugin that provides a more advanced user interface will be developed in the future (provided we find -funding for this development). In the meantime, you can also contact a -company that provides **commercial support on the top of Orthanc** and -that might have developed an advanced user interface. Currently, -`Osimis `_ is the only company ensuring such -corporate services, but others might show up in the future. A `contact -form `_ is available -on the official Web page of Orthanc. +funding for this development). In the meantime, you can also contact +**Osimis**, the commercial partner of the Orthanc project, by using +the `contact form `_ +that is available on the official Web page of Orthanc. + +Finally, have a look to the following **related projects**: -**Note:** In 2017-2018, a team of Master students from `ULiège -`__ has done some work about creating a -revamped version of Orthanc Explorer. Check out the `related -discussion -`__ -on the Orthanc Users forum. +* In 2017-2018, a team of Master students from `ULiège + `__ has done some work about creating a + revamped version of Orthanc Explorer. Check out the `related + discussion + `__ + on the Orthanc Users forum. + +* The `Orthanc Tools JS `__ + environment created by Salim Kanoun. + +* The `Orthanc Manager `__ + Android application. diff -r 35b3b0a2d16c -r 93c2f780aaef Sphinx/source/faq/proprietary.rst --- a/Sphinx/source/faq/proprietary.rst Tue Jul 07 12:32:50 2020 +0200 +++ b/Sphinx/source/faq/proprietary.rst Tue Jul 07 12:52:10 2020 +0200 @@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ Orthanc requires them to **publicly release the source code of this derived version of Orthanc**. -Finally, if you need to complement the commercial services of your -official supplier, please note that you can also contact a company -that provides **commercial support on the top of Orthanc**. Currently, -`Osimis `_ is the only company ensuring such -corporate services, but others might show up in the future. A `contact -form `_ is available -on the official Web page of Orthanc. +Finally, if you need to complement the services of your vendor, +consider buying the `Orthanc support packs provided by Osimis +`__.