LGPL License Question
Lets say that I am writing a program that supports plugins and I write one plugin that has a reference to a assembly(.net) that is licensed under LGPL, must I now make the whole project open source and under LGPL? ...
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Existing Ruby on Rails Open Source CMS-Like systems
I'm looking to build a new project with Rails and I'm looking for a Ruby on Rails (as I know the framework) CMS or project that does mainly the following (so that I don't have to reinvent the wheel): Giving user the ability to make submissions that include text and links to videos/pictures. Users can vote stories up or down and flag i...
How to include the sqlite3 library "libsqlite3.0.dylib" in my application source file?
I am writing an application in C++/C/Object-C cocoa environment for OSX 10.6 For specific reasons, I cannot make changes to the make file so that I can not link the "libsqlite3.0.dylib" library during build. In my source files, I included . Since I cannot link the library with the framework, I was wondering how can include a library as...
How to retain the rights to sell an open-source project at a later date?
I'm in the process of starting an open-source project aimed at digitising a whole bunch of forms provided by a government department. Basically at the moment if people need to fill out the forms they need to do so on paper, and I'd like to change that so that it can be done on the computer. At present, the project has no official affil...
Is it better to discuss issues in the tracker, or the mailing list?
The book, Producing Open Source Software, suggests that it's better to have lengthy discussions in the mailing list, rather than in the issue tracker, for these reasons: More developers can see the discussion, so we're more likely to get valuable input. Mailing lists are designed specifically for conversations, issue trackers are less ...
Looking for a particular Common Lisp implementation
I'm looking for a Common Lisp implementation I ran across once, sometime in the past year or two. I only remember a few things, and I don't know how to search for it based on these facts, so maybe somebody here can help. it was open-source, but wasn't one of the big ones (SBCL, CMUCL, MCL, etc.) it was likely incomplete; it looked alm...
How does LinPHA populate table?
(I've spent hours looking, and I'm sure it's obvious, but I don't see it...) I've been playing with the open source image gallery LinPHA. It allows you to ftp images to a subdir called albums, and somehow it populates a table called linpha_photos from the files in this directory. I simply can't find the code that (I assume) scans that d...
switching licence from GPL to BSD in later time
Hi, I wrote an software which I would like to release on BSD license. Unfortunately I am linking to library which is based on GPL. Right now I do not have time to rewrite that library. Can I release my software on GPL and later after rewriting GPL library change license to BSD? (I would guess not). My question is: how can I release s...
best c# open source tool for handling exceptions.
Can someone point me to a list of open source projects dedicated to exceptions handling ? Or to the best tool among them ? Update: I would like to use it with a n tier winform application. I would like to catch once and for all the 3 or 4 kind of exceptions that occur in my data access stack. Then pass them to the gui stack and show th...
Open-Source projects, any good links?
Anyone have any good open-source projects or links. Preferrably 3.0+ since 2.x is being fzed out. ...
Is there an open source alternative to the stackoverflow model?
Hello, I'm interesting in creating a web site similar to stackoverflow. As I'm usually interested in OSS I'd like to know if someone knows about the existence of other Q&A sites whose sources are licensed under an open-source license (not interested which license as long as I can use it - GPL, Apache, BSD, MIT ...). Thank you, Iulian ...
Which open-source search engine should be used ?
My aim is to build an aggregrator of news feeds and blog feeds so as to make searching/tracking of entitites in it easy. I have been looking at many solutions out there like Terrier, Lucene, SWISH-E, etc. Basically, I could find only 2 sources of comparison studies done on these engines and one of them is kinda outdated. Basically I w...
Best open source ERP system for (primarily for) Inventory Management System?
I am basically a .net programmer. And I am asked to come up with solution to implement a best open source ERP system for primarily Inventory Management system. I don't have any idea so far, Can some one help me to identify best open source ERP system for this? ...
What OSS Licence Should I Use?
I am considering starting an OSS project and would like some advice. I would like to use a licence that allows free use of the project for personal and non-profit use but would allow me to charge for a commercial licence (like or similar to http://www.extjs.com/company/dual.php). Could someone please advise or link to some articles on ...
How does MS-PL license work?
Hi, I am a .net mvc web developer trying to understand how open source licenses work; more specially the MS-PL license. I would like to create a commercial web application based off an open source project that comes with an MS-PL license. I know I can modify the software and use it for commercial use, but do I need to include the MS-PL l...
Legality of harvesting public websites in an opensource application
The question is about a free and open source product which allows users to catalog and organize their personal ebook collection. The book's info could be harvested from various websites (amazon, B&N, etc.) via ISBN queries. I was wondering if there are legal issues for developing such a product, in regards to violating "terms of use" of...
Which open source license?
Hello! I am very confused as to which open source license I should use for my project. I am going to tell you what permissions I want my project to have, and someone please let me know which license would be best for me. Here are my desired permissions and specifications: Can be used commercially: Yes Can be used for closed source pro...
What kind of open source project will likely to get funded (by companies, government, individual)?
What kind of open source project will likely to get funded (by companies, government, individual)? ...
Bigtable implementations
I would like to know if there is any fast free/opensource BigTable implementations. ...
What is the model VB.NET sample app?
I'm looking for an open-source VB.NET app that demonstrates a lot of .NET's power, ideally something that works fully offline. Maybe some of you have encountered an amazing utility app on CodeProject? ...