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Fortify Sourceanalyzer - problem with Xwiki - missing java class

com.xpn.xwiki.test.AbstractXWikiComponentTestCase This is the only class that cannot be resolved. I have run mvn package Then I have tried to build with sourceanalyzer and this is the only class that cannot be found. I do not understand why mvn package would not have gotten this for me. Any help would be great. Thanks ...

What are some great open source Visual Basic .net projects to learn from?

I've seen similar questions but I'm not limiting myself to any particular type, I just want to have a wide swath I can look at. They can be oriented towards ASP.net or not. I know Visual Basic.net already, but haven't started to write any actual real pieces of software yet (I have written my own web sites from scratch though). Please al...

Open Sourcing a Framework: Ok, I bought the concept, now what?

(Note to moderators: I did my homework, and I know there is a very similar question, I'm putting on a different perspective. Please be somewhat more lenient to me. Yes, I'm asking for forgiveness not permission :]) In the past year, I wrote an application in order to deliver as my grad thesis. Its fine, and it works with some interestin...

Looking for a good programmable Java CMS (Content Management System)

What would be a good choice of a programmable/extensible open-source content management system for Java developers? We've tried our hand at "Liferay" with a poor result after 15 months of work mostly due to its lack of programmability. It's not a product directed towards developers. We need to reboot the project now and we're looking f...

Java Open source helpdesk +workflow project

Any recommendation on which Java open source helpdesk system i should use ? i need these criteria - come with dynamic approval level support for certain request (workflow) ...

Code Signing Certificate for open-source projects?

(Project created in C# with visual studio 2008. Plus additional project in ASP.NET that wants SSL.) I want to publish one of my applications as open-source and want to digitally sign the binaries I've created with my own certificate. (Of course, anyone else can just download the code and build it themselves with their own certificate.) ...

How should I include external libraries in an open source project?

I have created an open source project that runs from Visual Studio. But it relies on some external libraries to work as well. These libraries are also open source. The question I'm wondering is if I should Point users to these libraries and have them download the source code and then add them to the project Point users to the dll and h...

How to get a job doing open source software development

My full time job involves developing closed source software but I am finding this increasingly unrewarding (especially with a recent push for us to submit more patent applications). I enjoy participating in open source projects in my spare time and would love to work full time on open source software. How can I go about doing this? (P...

What are the steps in licensing a library ?

I wrote a library and I would like to make it open-source, but I am afraid of others stealing it and taking ownership of it. I am very new to licensing software. What should I do and what are the steps in licensing my software. ...

Open source examples of well written SCM web interface in Perl

Can anyone point me to some good Open Source web interface for VCS (version control system) written in Perl? Something well written, so I can examine the code and steal the best parts (or organization) for gitweb. Preferably something without tons of external dependences not available in (extended) Perl core. ...

Want to Join an Open Source Project but would like suggestions that fit my particular skill set

I realize that this might be a duplicate question but this question is very specific to my skill set. I'd like to join an open source software project. I'm an professional software developer and gradate student (M.S. in Software Engineering) and professionally (in my day job), I work with ASP.Net, ASP/VBScript and SQL Server. I recen...

Is there still a good reason to support JDK 1.4?

I'm looking at putting together an opensource project in Java and am heavily debating not supporting JDKs 1.4 and older. The framework could definitely be written using older Java patterns and idioms, but would really benefit from features from the more mature 1.5+ releases, like generics and annotations. So really what I want to know i...

Including code in open source projects

I have an open source project under Apache License 2.0. Normally, I would just include the License Terms and Conditions comment at the top of each code file. What about code that I copied from someone's blog, or website? Is putting a link referring to the site enough? And I still leave the License Terms and Conditions there even though ...

There is any open source BB (forum) with a user profile page linking to its topics?

The main features I miss in the forums I know (and are present in StackOverflow) are: An user profile page linking to the user topics (questions in SO) and replies (answers in SO). Another way to stay up-to-date with replies besides e-mail (SO has the Recent view) Comments to replies A clean, white background, borderless CSS Do you k...

.NET or PHP, Corporate or Open-Source ?

I am very experienced in working with open-source technologies like PHP, MySQL, Apache and others. I feel like home working with them and the code comes to me with little effort. I recently started playing with the ASP.NET technology (I know it doesn't compare to PHP, or does it?) and everything seems very easy, but still I don't feel l...

What is the best way to find a open source project to volunteer for?

Possible Duplicate: I want to join an opensource project is there a resource to find projects? What is the best way to find a open source project to volunteer for? Is there an "open source project" search engine? I am hoping there is a site somewhere that lists open source project job openings? Is there such a site? I am a ...

Open-source tool to visualize C/C++ header file dependencies?

What I'm looking for is a tool that, given a root source file, outputs a graph of file dependencies (with some customization thrown in, of course, like --maxdepth, etc.) ...

building jahia from source, having problems

I am trying to build jahia from source for a project at school. From the instructions online, all I seem to find to run is maven install which fails... any help would be much appreciated. ...

Daisy CMS having touble building

after reading through the README.txt's throughout the entire SVN i have followed them but still am missing a few dependencies that are necessary for Fortify Sourceanalyzer to build. these dependencies are DocumentEditorForm org.outerj.daisy.sync.AttributeType org.outerj.daisy.sync.SyncState org.outerj.daisy.sync.System...

How to prepare my code for publishing?

I've been working on a project for a while, producing a small pile of code to do a specific task as a part of a larger framework. Now the time has come to publicly include this code in the framework. What do you suggest to do with the code before pushing it to the publicly available repository? How can I prepare it in a way to have the l...