<s>
metasfresh	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	O
source/free	O
ERP	O
software	O
designed	O
and	O
developed	O
for	O
SMEs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
metasfresh	B-Application
is	O
an	O
actively	O
maintained	O
fork	O
of	O
ADempiere	B-Language
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
and	O
distributed	O
freely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
metasfresh	B-Application
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Top	O
9	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
ERP	O
to	O
consider	O
by	O
opensource.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2006	O
the	O
founders	O
of	O
metasfresh	B-Application
started	O
with	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
ERP	O
development	O
as	O
early	O
contributors	O
in	O
the	O
ADempiere	B-Language
ERP	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
founding	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
ADempiere	B-Language
Foundation	O
and	O
longtime	O
members	O
of	O
Functional	O
and	O
Technical	O
Team	O
at	O
ADempiere	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
industry-specific	O
ERP	O
projects	O
in	O
the	O
SME	O
sector	O
they	O
developed	O
several	O
new	O
features	O
based	O
on	O
ADempiere	B-Language
3.5.4	O
and	O
rewrote	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
ADempiere	B-Language
Code	O
to	O
allow	O
a	O
more	O
maintainable	O
,	O
flexible	O
and	O
scalable	O
Software	O
for	O
midsize	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
,	O
plus	O
the	O
already	O
resulted	O
gap	O
in	O
development	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
latest	O
ADempiere	B-Language
Codebase	O
was	O
the	O
reason	O
for	O
the	O
team	O
to	O
decide	O
in	O
2015	O
to	O
officially	O
fork	O
from	O
ADempiere	B-Language
and	O
proceed	O
the	O
development	O
in	O
a	O
new	O
project	O
called	O
metasfresh	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
fork	O
's	O
young	O
age	O
,	O
metasfresh	B-Application
is	O
currently	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
active	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
ERP	O
Projects	O
worldwide	O
according	O
to	O
OpenHUB	O
Statistics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
metasfresh	B-Application
is	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
works	O
with	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
database	O
management	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
Client	O
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
Swing	I-Language
User	O
Interface	O
and	O
available	O
for	O
production	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
feature	O
List	O
of	O
metasfresh	B-Application
covers	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
requirements	O
of	O
medium-sized	O
enterprises	O
for	O
ERP	O
Software	O
and	O
is	O
comparable	O
with	O
proprietary	O
ERP	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
fork	O
from	O
Compiere	B-Application
,	O
the	O
ADempiere	B-Language
community	O
followed	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
model	O
of	O
the	O
Bazaar	O
described	O
in	O
Eric	O
Raymond	O
's	O
article	O
The	O
Cathedral	O
and	O
the	O
Bazaar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
mainly	O
relied	O
on	O
the	O
architecture	O
inherited	O
from	O
Compiere	B-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
a	O
tight	O
coupling	O
to	O
the	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
license	O
of	O
ADempiere	B-Language
is	O
GPL	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
projects	O
with	O
licenses	O
compatible	O
to	O
GPL	O
2	O
are	O
decreasing	O
,	O
so	O
further	O
development	O
will	O
more	O
and	O
more	O
have	O
to	O
rely	O
on	O
own	O
development	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
threat	O
to	O
a	O
competitive	O
development	O
of	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
enterprise	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
fork	O
,	O
metasfresh	B-Application
is	O
choosing	O
a	O
different	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legal	O
:	O
Completely	O
rewriting	O
the	O
ADempiere	B-Language
code	O
,	O
to	O
allow	O
to	O
switch	O
the	O
license	O
from	O
GPL2	O
to	O
GPL3	O
to	O
allow	O
to	O
choose	O
among	O
a	O
larger	O
amount	O
of	O
modern	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
projects	O
for	O
further	O
incorporation	O
and	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flexibility	O
:	O
Provide	O
a	O
highly	O
flexible	O
framework	O
for	O
business	O
processes	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
disposition	O
framework	O
which	O
allows	O
having	O
functional	O
extension	O
points	O
to	O
allow	O
external	O
systems	O
to	O
bind	O
with	O
metasfresh	B-Application
ERP	O
.	O
</s>
