open-source

Open source deployment masqueraded with paid product

Has anyone ever executed a deployment of opensource software product masqueraded with a paid product? Let's say a company had paid thousands of $$ annual licensing for a particular product. Every kludge that you designed could not get that product work according to the requirements of the project at hand. However, you were able to depl...

Recommendation for good open source code to study

I'm looking for recommendations of good open source projects to study. I'm looking for projects that have: Object Oriented Patterns and Best Practices implemented Security is well implemented Excellent commenting Language is not entirely important however I'm familiar with Java, Android, C#, Python, PHP I'm sure this question is a lo...

Wiki software based out of Google App Engine?

Is anyone aware of open source wiki based out of google app engine? ...

Reddit / Digg clone on google app engine?

Is anyone aware of a reddit / digg clone software available for google app engine? ...

What platform will require only one code and work for all smartphones in the world?

3 years from now, what will be the platform that will work in all smartphones and tablets, including but not limited to iOS, Android, RIM, Symbian, WebOS? Will it be Android, or MeeGo? And why. ...

Why is Open Source free?

It is widely accepted that Open Source also means free of charge. In particular, the "Open Source" definition by the Open Source Initiative states that Open Source, in addition to access to the source code and other criteria, means free redistribution. Their given rationale is: By constraining the license to require free redistribu...

Opensource Auction App in Java (or in Ofbiz)

Hi folks, I need to know open source auction app in java (or even based on ofbiz). BTW, I find this ofbiz-based one (http://www.kenfuse.com/project/ofbizauction) but didn't know how to reach the source code! I appreciate your help Thanks. ...

When to update the year in open source copyright notice

I have an open source project, licensed under the Apache license 2.0. In the appendix of this document, Apache explains how to apply the license to your code. Among other things, it says to include the year in each source file. When creating a new file, I put in the current year. But when should I update the year? Never? When I change...

Where the Ubuntu’s source can be gotten?

Where can I get Ubuntu's source code? Actually I want It's kernel's code. I know I can get the kernel from kernel.org but as I found out that Ubuntu does some patching on the kernel I want to know what are those patches. And yes I know Ubuntu's kernel code can be found in an installed Ubuntu in the file system but thats just the code! I ...

How to get started with reading open source project like firefox and mysql?

The codebase is just too huge, I just feel lost when trying to read it. Thanks! ...

Open source disposable email system written in Java

I'm working on a project related to "disposable email" (e.g.: Mailinator). I need to find an open source application written in Java. Any suggestions? ...

Picking open source software hosting facilities

I'm working on a project that I would like to make Open Source in the long run, and in the short run I'd like to make sure I have copies of all code and related files some place other than my laptop. So it seems like I should select an open source hosting service, but there are so many to choose from it's hard to know where to start. T...

Java/JSP Web File Manager like CKFinder or KCFinder

I like CKFinder, but it is a commercial product. I also like KCFinder, but it works on PHP only, I need it to run on Java/JSP. Know any open source Java/JSP web file manager? Edit: The next best thing I found is this, http://www.vonloesch.de/jspbrowser.html but it is quite old and basic. ...

Open Source Data Migration Tool

Hi My requirement is I need to migrate Data from Mysql to Postgres. Is there any free Data Migration tool which could do this effectively. I have some huge data in MySQL which I need to convert to Postgres Db. Henceforth I am looking for a Data Migration tool which could migrate tables (along with indexes, constraints etc) and data. I...

need info on open source tools/libs

for (i) generating control flow graphs(CFGs) for Java & C based applications (ii) pref these graphs in GXL format (I came to know that lots of graph visualization tools accept gxl format files (iii) performing graph traversal algos by reading the graph from gxl format. Also what is the best representation of CFGs ...

Anybody knows any well-tested service that has opensourced its API?

I have a dataset and I want to create an API (RESTful web service) around it. However, I don't want to start from scratch as I believe this has been done zillions of times already. Does anybody know any well-tested service that has opensourced its API? I see that people normally release a reference implementation for their clients (like...

What happens when an open source project changes it's license?

Let's say a team plans on developing an application based on an open source project named "FreeApp". We are developing this application with the ultimate goal of heavily modifying and re-distributing FreeApp under a different, branded name, as a paid application. The current license allows this. My question is, years/months down the ro...

What is the best open source pure java computer vision library?

As a practical developer I would like to make a good algorithm for my specific task, built from blocks, like a 'boundary extraction', or 'gamma correction' and so on, but I don't want to implement the wheel, making all that stuff, so I wander - if there's any powerful CV library, like C++'s OpenCV? Saying "the best", I mean library havi...

Should one remake the project which can possibly use an Open source project?

I have a friend, he needs to build a booking system for hotel. Now there are two aspects I got from this thread - http://www.webmasterworld.com/ecommerce/3548668.htm# You have to search around but there are good quality open-source projects out there. Of course to get all the specifics you'd need to do some custom coding in...

Test coverage tools for MS Test

I have a project in VS 2008 and written a MS Test cases for that. I am looking any open source Test Coverage tools which are free (Like NCover) to perform Test Case coverage tools in .net Pleaes let me know if any one useed any tool which is open source and free ...