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Policy on Software
Enhancements
Commoncents101 is designed to meet the unique
needs of MFIs on recording large volume of data and for loan tracking. We
believed that supporting the operation of your MFI is long-term commitment that
should be mutually nurtured.
CENTech is committed to make Commoncents101 a world class software for
microfinance. We anchored this commitment to the fact that Commoncents101 was
primarily designed for Microfinance Operations and currently being upgraded to
cater to banking operations. It is currently included in the list of CGAP as one
of the software for microfinance.
Banking modules will be added to the banking subsystem of Commoncents101 to make
it functional and appropriate to support the operations in banking environment.
This banking subsystem however, if not packaged with the original license will
require the payment of additional licensing cost.
Commoncents101 is not finished at any point in time so we can continuously make
enhancements and integrate it to the succeeding new versions. We also encourage
our client-partners to report any bugs that you may find in the system, for
immediate repair (free of charge).
The software can be readily used by MFIs operating under various variants such
as Grameen, ASA, Village banking or other MFI methodology and/or simple bank
operations - by just adjusting some software parameters and set-up
configuration. However, if this approach is not feasible and if the
client-partner wants to add customized information and reportorial requirement,
CENTech is very willing to study the problem and integrate its solution into the
next release.
This willingness and commitment of CENTech to develop new modules and reports
based on requests do not mean that we will compromise the other users of the
software. We make it a point that enhancements and additional features will not
create bugs or compromise the existing modules with reference to the
Commoncents101 Master Plan. If the request is relatively small then it could be
integrated and included in the next release.
If however, the request is relatively difficult and will greatly alter the
software enhancement master plan, then we will require the requesting
client-partner to shoulder the cost of the modifications or improvements. The
resulting modifications or improvements, however, shall be available and shared
with other client-partners free of charge. The sharing with others in the MFI
community would benefit all the other client-partners in serving their
respective members.
We believe that sharing is the
best strategy in software development and enhancement in the Microfinance
Industry. This strategy was used in the early years of development of
Commoncents101 to ensure that it would specifically address the unique needs of
the MFIs as well as making it available at an affordable price level.
We
would require and encourage our present and future client-partners to honor this
strategy of sharing the enhancements with others in the microfinance industry.
We intend to allow Commoncents101 to grow with or even lead in serving the
information and reportorial requirements of our client-partners at par with the
world-class standards. This is our way of saying that we will continuously
support and improve Commoncents101 to support the Microfinance Industry
worldwide. We can do it by helping each other and sharing the benefits of having
client-responsive software -- The Commoncents101.
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