Linux collaboration

I recently started a project on sourceforge and some people call it
'tortureforge' I am wondering if I made a mistake and is there a better
collaborative framework that would include people of all languages and
backgrounds? I wanted to combine several softwares that do graphics and
chemical and systems modeling. I believe I have developed a way that the
software can be integrated by a configuration utility function of the
software itself which allows modules to be attached in real time as the
program runs and thus limit the development bottle neck of having a
single person as project lead. By saving software configurations and
assigning their fitness to a specific purpose, the software can reuse
many common algorithms without repeating a new development cycle for
forks and branches that are designed to find a better solution to a
niche process.