I've got an idea for a tiny utility program that seemingly nobody has thought of before. I've no idea what the demand for it would be, but I'm certain that it would be 0 if you had to pay for it. And I like opensource. :) That said, it'd still be nice to get a few euros for my effort. How can this be done? My first idea was to put some...
I know of osTicket, are there any other more compelling help ticket systems? My company wants to use one and I am researching them now. I forgot to mention, I will need to install it on our servers...so SaaS (software as a service) doesn't work. ...
Some would argue that Bazaar Model of development can lead to a tangled mess of cowboy code. I'm wondering, which model does Django follow? At first glance it seems to be a highly organized bazaar model, with vetting and triage stages and such. However, the source is available at all times, but not every patch or suggestion gets rando...
I know that Google does some open source but a lot of their assets are very closed source. What are the main ones that are open source and those not? Android - fully open (I think) GMail - Closed Search - Obviously closed Chrome - Some open source bits (webkit)... but I'm not sure JavaScript compilers (that Steve Yegge is working w...
I'm building a website and I'd like to avoid using asp.net membership. I want to consider some alternatives before I decide to write this code from scratch. Are there any open source projects that tackle the authentication problem? note: I need user/pass auth (can't use Open Id). ...
I am currently doing a lot of regression testing at my job. And like I want to look at some of the best code in the world for regression testing (i.e. Open source). So basically list open source projects that you think show good examples of regression testing. P.S True regression testing is black box by the way. However the examples so...
When contributing to a very old, and apparently no longer maintained, open-source or public domain project, is it suggested practice to follow the original author's coding style even if it is terrible? More importantly, are there any reasons why one would want to follow the original author's coding style rather than clean it up signifi...
I recently started learning open source technologies and very soon got frustrated as there are thousands of technologies and tools (each one having their own pros and cons). I am wondering if Windows approach of "All in One" is actually better. ...
Does anyone know if the Google polyline algorithm has a license attached to it? I would like to use the algorithm in a different mapping solution I am developing but I'm unsure of it's restrictions. There doesn't appear to be any info on the algorithm description page. ...
I am writing an educational website for a non-profit purpose and I want to reuses an already available library for an "online examination" module (web application). Any server side scripting language will do. Please suggest... I have heard that there is a lot of free code available as PHP scripts. I haven't used PHP yet but I can learn ...
Which do you recommend? Reading source code from opensource applications really helps me improve my programming skills. I have read source code from Hudson and StructureMap, and they inspired me a lot. I can't wait to see some more from WinForm applications! ...
I'm looking for recommendations for open-source projects written in C++ that will help me "get my chops back". A little background: I've been working heavily in Java for the last three years, doing a lot of back-end development and system design, but with a fair amount of work in the presentation layer stuff, too. The last C++ project...
I have been using an open source Java project and had to make some custom changes for our site. I have downloaded the source code via Subversion, modified two files and built a custom JAR file. Now I need to store these custom changes into OUR Subversion source control system. What is the best way to do this? Should I check the entire t...
I've a fair amount of competence in python and am learning Django on the job. I've always heard that you can buff both your skills and your resume by working on open source projects, so I'd like to get into some that use python. Unfortunately, I don't know of an easy way to find open source projects by primary language. Obviously, this ...
This is probably a silly question but here goes: I like to be able to see the source code of third party (OSS) libraries from within my projects. I always setup my projects like this when using java. Is this possible in Visual Studio? I am not interested in building them! Only have them available for reference if lets say an exception st...
I want to use CxxTest for unit-testing in an application. I do not want to be forced to release source code or object files. The LGPL (under which CxxTest is released) is confusing on this issue. Am I ok? Do I need to do something special? ...
Looking for a good client side library using which I can create a reddit vote up / down, commenting, etc system? The more mature the framework the better as this will go on a production site immediately. ...
I'm looking for an open source or free OCR project for the iPhone. Maybe there is some port of tesseract-ocr for the iPhone? What I've found so far: How to compile Unix Apps for iPhone Thanks for any help. ...
I need to add functionality to a website to allow users to record a short sound snippet with their microphone. I understand that this is possible with flash - but is there a free solution? Ideally I was hoping this could be achieved without using applets. Does JavaFX or flex provide this functionality? Thanks in advance. ...
Is it (legally) possible to develop an open source solution and have a commercial "pro" version of the same product with more features? The pro version would be based on the same code base as the free one. If yes, what's the appropriate open source license for the free version? ...