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Let's hack it! make one open source.
The guy who created activeCollab first released it as open source → http://web.archive.org/web/20060810011430/http://www.activec... Then, he realized it could make money and put a $499 price tag on it → https://www.activecollab.com/pricing.html
I'm open to code the frontend. I just need one guy or two who can do the backend side.