open-source

CMS Engine?

Can anyone recommend a CMS engine with a nice set of features, preferable open source? Not so bothered by a user interface, it's the back-end that is most important to me so I can integrate with existing sites and applications. (CMS's with front-ends are fine to suggest if there is good separation from the back-end.) Bonus features inc...

What Markdown c# library should I use?

I want to build a simple cms and I would able to allow the user to input the text with the Markdown syntax (as StackOveflow). There's a c# open sourced library I can use? ...

open source user profile management control?

Hello everyone, I am using platform C# + VSTS 2008 + ASP.Net. I am looking for some good quality, fancy and practical open source (in C#) open source controls. Any recommendations? thanks in advance, George ...

Breaking out of the Google App Engine Python lock-in?

Are there any guidelines to writing Google App Engine Python code that would work without Google's infrastructure on other platforms? Is there any known attempt to create an open source framework which can run applications designed for Google App Engine on other platforms? Edit: To clarify, the question really is: If I develop an app...

Webmail Contact List Importer

Does anyone know of a Webmail Contact List Importer scripts (ColdFusion, PHP etc) like those used on Twitter and LinkedIn ? I've found some but they are paid for and I want some more bespoke & open. To clarify a little more I'm not looking for a way to process .csv files :) I'm looking for a bit of code that can logging into gmail, yaho...

Open-source or non-commercial ide

Hello, I need a non-commercial or open-source interactive development environment (IDE) tool offering reverse engineering, automatic documentation, code navigation and understanding, metrics, maintenance and cross reference tool for C/C++ The searches i made can't find one. Help me out please....its very urgent ...

Computer science undergraduate project ideas

Hopefully, I'm going to finish my undergraduate studies next semester and I'm thinking about the topic of my final project. And yes, I've read the questions with duplicate title. I'm asking this from a bit different viewpoint, so it's not an exact dupe. I've spent at least half of my life coding stuff in different languages and framewor...

How to deal with dead open-source dependencies?

Hi folks, I'm trying to prep a project for open-source release and have run into a problem... This project depends on a number of open-source components which I've just stored as JAR-files in my lib directory to date. Some of them date back a few years, and at least of them is from an open-source project whose site has disappeared and w...

What is the best way to move from the Microsoft stack to open source dynamic website development?

I am more familiar with the Microsoft stack and I have some knowledge with ASP.NET and SQL. What is the best open source platform to learn and create a dynamic website with, focusing on the back end? ...

Copying functions from LGPL libraries?

Consider the following scenario: I am developing a closed-source commercial application. I find a LGPL-licensed library providing some functionality I would like to use in my application. Said functionality is limited to a few functions and/or classes. For practical and/or technical reasons, it's not possible and/or feasible to link to...

NHibernate open source POC

Are there any open source projects that use NHibernate and which serve as a proof of concept for NHibernate. I'm looking for concrete proof of NHibernate's ability to meet enterprise standards in terms of performance and scalability mainly. Especially interesting would be use of batching. I'm not sure how synched NHibernate and Hibernat...

Open Source Flash Streaming Server

Does anyone know of an open source flash streaming server besides Red5? Mammoth server looks promising but is in Apha. Specifically I need to encapsulate mpeg4 in the stream, that is why I cannot use Red5. ...

GPL business models for a small company/shop/startup

Note: I don't have any awesome project that I'm intending to monetize, this is just something I'm thinking about What models are there for making profit from developing GPLed software? I've read around a bit and I realize that: You can charge whatever fee you want for distributing it When someone buys it from you, he can also (re...

Source unavailable under an OpenSource license

I'm interested in the Google's Wave project, it is listed as Apache License 2.0 yet the source is unavailable : Quote : Welcome to the Wave Robot Java Client Library This project hosts the JAR and the JavaDoc for the Wave Robot Java Client Library. In the near future, we will also release the source code. If you r...

Links generated by autotools should be replaced before uploading?

My main question is that the autotools created links to INSTALL, COPYING, missing, install-sh, and depcomp. When I tried to view them I saw that they were uploaded as links so I replaced them with real files so they are viewable. Am I missing something fundamental? When I unpack my gz file from 'make dist' this is what it looks like: ...

Vista-alike WinForms control with a tight color bar on the left and icon and text more to the right

Is there any opensource implementation of a winforms control like the one on Windows Update window where "No important updates available" or another status is displayed? It looks like a bordered bar wih a tight vertical color bar - green or red depending on the information displayed, a large icon and several lines of text more to the rig...

Can anyone recommend a .Net open source alternative to Windows Workflow?

What alternatives are there to Windows Workflow in the .Net stack? And if you have used these solutions, what made you select them over Windows Workflow and was it a good choice. Update: I went ahead and selected stateless created by Nicholas Blumhardt. This is a very simple approach to modeling states in a domain. Below is sample...

Choosing a F/OSS repository site for a small project? (SCM-agnostic)

I'm working on a project I expect to make public, and I'm aware of several F/OSS repositories I could use to release it - Sourceforge, Google code, and github. (Of course info about others is very welcome.) However, it seems that the biggest differentiator between them is which SCM they use, and that's something I'm entirely agnostic ab...

Is it allowed to use ideas from open source in closed source software?

Is it allowed to use ideas from open source in closed source software? I've met people who say to not even look at open source (GPL and LGPL were mentioned) if you write closed source software. ...

Open Source Image Hosting or File Sharing website in ASP.NET

I would like to know if there are any free open source or paid software for hosting images (like tinypic.com imageshack.us) or file sharing (4shared.com or rapidshare.com) developed in ASP.NET. And If I have to develop the same, how do I remove the 2 gb limit on upload in IIS? This question contains both programming as well as non prog...