open-source

Any Open Source Threat Modeling Tools?

Is there any open-source threat modeling tool - sort of like SDL Threat Modeling from Microsoft? ...

Open source Magic Eye generator

Do you remember those Magic Eye images that contain a 3D object? I love them! Are there any open source programs for generating Magic Eye pictures, which ideally work on Linux. I found a Gimp plugin, but haven't managed to get it working yet. ...

Modify nautilus source code, where to start?

I have a simple starter problem to change an open source project. Let me first explain the situation: I want to make some changes on an open source project (NAUTILUS) , The change is to work on This idea(Progress window for file operations) , The fist step is to download the source , done (using git) The next step is to read the ...

Looking for an open-source or low cost dev license survey / form builder application in C# or VB.NET

I am looking either a low-cost (under 500$) developer license, or open-source survey / form generator tool. It has to be written in C# or VB.NET. These are the core features I need: Ability to generate surveys with a list of questions on the fly Multiple answer choices (freeform text, radiobutton, etc) Users can fill out survey online ...

Contributing to open source projects

Hi, I am relatively new to programming, but I enjoy it a lot. I was told that contributing to opensource projects is a good way to learn a lot more. Anywyas, I was wondering if anybody knew what projects I could contribute to--even if I play a small role any experience would be appreciated. My background is C and Java. I prefer workin...

Eclipse IDE; Open in current window / instance?

I've been using Eclipse for about a week now and I'm loving it.. great software for the 'price'. :P However, I'm having a few issues getting started. The most annoying, so far, has been opening files from outside of Eclipse, and having them set to open w/ Eclipse. When I open a file from the file-explorer or an external application (Win...

Java Open Source Pdf Viewer Library

I'm trying to display already created PDF in a browser without having Acrobat Reader installed, using a Java Applet, not Flash (there's http://stackoverflow.com/questions/785492/open-source-flash-pdf-reader-viewer for that). This topic is simlar to Java PDF viewer with FDF JPedal: http://www.jpedal.org/open_source_pdf_viewer_download.p...

What is the best Open Source, linux-compatible UML modeling tool?

I've been looking around at the different options, and it seems that even some of the most popular open source tools are Windows-only (StarUML, for example). What is the best open source alternative to programs like Visio and Rational Rose for linux? ...

Open Software License ("OSL") v. 3.0 - Can I Sell a Derivative Work?

I am considering developing a web service that uses much of the source code from Magento, an eCommerce platform licensed under OSL 3.0. The license can be viewed here. Under that license, my web service would be classified as a Derivative Work. The license does not state whether or not a Derivative work can be sold. Can I charge for a D...

Different Open Source Document Management systems

HI all, Could anyone suggest some good Web based Open source Document Management systems ,other than WSS My requirements are To share pdfs/word docs/excel/access files etc Total 50 files in total of about approx 2MB each, which are updated regularly With aroung 30 users accessing them based on their rights. I would like to know if ...

When to include/copy third-party code, rather than reference/link it?

I am working on an .NET library project, containing a bunch of interfaces which can be consumed by a service, which I am also creating. Users of the service will provide implementations of the interfaces from the library, which are then injected into the service application. My library relies on a third-party library, which I will of co...

Is there a way to 'patch' my code onto open source code, so as the open source project improves my changes would be tacked on locally?

Not sure how to ask this. I want to build upon a mature and actively updated open source project, using it as a foundation to tweak and learn from. I'd like to be able to add code to my local source, but be able to update the core source as it improves while retaining my add ons. The goal is to keep the foundation always up to date, and...

Open Sourcing a project

Hi all, I designed and built a few projects (50k lines of source in about 50 projects) around the JBoss Seam framework that I use when building websites for clients. Essentially, I developed a content management system where different modules may be plugged in. What would I gain by open sourcing the projects and how much would I lose?...

Open source Ruby projects - Where to begin?

Hi, I am fairly new to the programming world (about a year) and have done some development in Rails, Ruby, JavaScript in past one year. Over this period I've found out that it "really" gives me joy to program on challenging problems and now I would "really" like to give back to the open source community for all that I've got in past on...

Looking For an Opensource Project C#

I've looked on SourceForge's help wanted... there seems to be nothing for a C# developer. I'm just looking for a project to get my hands dirty with a bunch of different things. Any one have a project they know of? ...

Which open-source C++ projects have good (inspiring) tests?

What are inspiring examples of open-source software written in C++ with great tests? I would like to read, study and follow. ...

Is there an Open Source UML tool that can handle "association classes" and export java code?

Hi folks, I am looking for an open source UML tool that can handle association classes. So far I have looked at several out there (ArgoUML, Fujaba, etc.) and unfortunately so far none of them support association classes. Also, the tool must have the ability to generate Java code from the diagram, including the ability to generate the pr...

looking for open source tool for drawing charts in Java

I am looking for free java tool/library that provides drawing simple charts. Those chart supposed to be displayed as part of a web page (my application is running on Tomcat) and not thrugh swing (perhaps through Applet) I found JFreechart but: 1. I am not convinced it is the right tool for my requirement (run not through swing) 2. It l...

Open Source CMS (.Net vs Java)

I must say up-front that this is not a strictly programming-related question and a very opinionated one. I am the lead developer of the dominant .Net CMS in my country and I don't like my own product :). Managerial decisions over what is important or not and large chunks of legacy code done before I joined gives me headache every day I g...

Is there any Video Gesture actionscript library/api

So I need an open-source Video Gesture actionscript library/api. So we have a web cam... we move a hand and it causes some events... So i need motion detection for navigation API/Lib Where to get it? BTW: i found one but its documentation is... poor - http://www.elctech.com/demos/using-haar-cascades-and-opencv-in-as3 ...