A good starting point for an own project is to take a look at other code for the same field of problem. So which java-games in open-source you would recommend for a look in the source? Which game helps best to learn some techniques for creating games especially in the Java-environment? ...
Does anyone here know of any good open-source Mavis Beacon typing software alternatives? I would like to adapt one for a behavioural experiment I'm writing. Preferably .NET (but any language will do). I am aware of TuxType - are there others? Thanks a lot! ...
Hi Guys, We have been asked to look into a fully open source solution for a big project, they want the project be as near to 100% Open Source as possible, mainly because as its a community project there may be very little money available in the future except for the running of a host. Using OS software saves on licence costs as the serv...
When trying to link some well established tools to my company's active directory, I hit a roadblock. I was told that: "Sorry, I cannot trust our domain admin password to [F/OSS] software...". This question deals specifically with how to convince IT that F/OSS software isn't (automatically) less trustworthy than any other software j...
I am looking to distribute an open source iPhone app and I have a few questions about making the source distribution: 1) How can I automate creating the source archive (or diskimage) with XCode? I want something along the lines of a build target which archives the source (cleaning targets first if necessary, but it would be nice if it d...
Is sharepoint Open Source? Can I edit the code? can I install mods (extensions) to sharepoint? Links will be aperciated! :) By the way I was trying to test drive it, but this doesn't work with IE6, it says I should enable cookies however I'm enabling them :( Solution please... Thanks :) ...
I will like to give back to the community a little of what it has giving me, and I will like to start contributing to some open source projects. Once I choose the project I will like to start the right way to contribute something. Could be code, but also I am up for even documentation. What could be a good way to contribute to Open so...
I'm looking for some open source F# projects to learn from. Something like this question but for F#, i.e. not snippets but full projects that are good representatives of F# features (i.e. pattern matching, discriminated unions, etc). My objective are mainly to see how all the features fit together, how the project is organized and how ...
I've reached a point were I can't keep procrastinating the writing of the graphics part of an iPhone app. What has kept me from digging into it so far has being that it feels hard to figure out how to realize my idea of having "glowing", "sparkling" effects on some lamps. I used to be good at such things back in the days of the Amiga sc...
I have a CMS that I've written in ASP.NET. It still needs work and I'm thinking of releasing it as opensource. I'm just not sure how I want to handle this in the future. If I release it now as opensource, can I still release a commercial version? What other ways are there for me to make money on the CMS? ...
Hi there, I am considering releasing one of my class libraries written in C# as open source. Before doing that, I am trying to do some refactoring so that it meets the demands of the general public :) I wonder what would be the best namespace schema to use? Basically, I see the following options: namespace MyTool: This just doesn't r...
I'm currently working on a .NET project that I will probably make open source. There are lots of places to put it though, anyone have any experience for a friction-less effort? Codeplex? Google-code? Note: I prefer Subversion for the projects source-control. ...
I'm working on (yet another) to do list program, and part of the problem I want to solve is capturing task dependencies and relative importance. I'm interested in recommendations for libraries / component that help with: Graph processing (including PageRank-like algorithms) Task / project scheduling - edit: note I don't mean OS proc...
Hey guys, I am a 2nd year university student on winter break and I am currently learning c# by myself right now. I really learn by writing code (like the rest of us i assume) and I would love to contribute to an open source project using c#. I was really wondering where to start... I've been doing some googling and I have checked sourcef...
Could you advise the best open source ODMBS (object oriented database management system) for Java application? I understand that usually there is no one definite answer for such questions. So the main points I look for are: good documentation/ support / community reliability performance UPDATE: I see db4o has a long history, the b...
Can I make a difference at an open source project? I haven't gotten a degree or anything but I am really interested in computer science and I have most of the fundamentals down. Is there a project I can make a difference at? If not, any sites where I can further my knowledge and review the fundamentals (advanced concepts as well) of c...
I am currently thinking about open-sourcing a project of mine and am in the process of preparing the source code and project structure to be released to the public. Now I got one question: how should I handle the signature key for my assemblies? Should I create a new key for the open-source version and publish it along with the other fil...
How the [L]GPL license should be applied to Java and C# code ? I know that when Sun JDK become GPL, they did special exceptions for standard libraries. So, if I cannot open my application source and still want to distribute it ... ... could I use GPL'ed library (by import'ing its classes)? ... could I use LGPL'ed one ... could my app...
I'm looking for something that runs in a terminal and allows me to track time. I'd like it to be open source but that isn't necessary. Most time tracking apps I've found are either web or gui based and there for take longer to enter data then I'd like. ...
I'm about to start developing a product (in .NET), and I'm evaluating open source database engines in order to avoid adding licensing costs to the overall cost of my product. Which ones do you know that are potent? Is MySQL a good alternative? What kind of website load can it support? Do you have any experience using an open source dat...