open-source

Open Source Video Gesture Recognition Library in C#

I need an open-source Video Gesture Recognition .NET Library/API (in C#). We have a web cam... we move a hand and it causes some events... So I need motion detection for navigation lib/api... Where can I find such a library? ...

What PHP "Online Project Management Software" would be the best for me?

I have a small project that only employs 2 developers right now (Maybe there will be more developers later, but i wanna keep it small). Maybe it can be non-php software, but i should work fine online at Sourceforge.net. So, can anyone tell me which would be the best free (OpenSouce preferred) software for project management, the feature...

Do you make a conscious effort to keep code compatible with older technologies when working on OSS?

I've been the creator of a small handful of little OSS projects in the past, and although in no case did I necessarily intend to recruit anyone else to join me on the project, I still wondered whether it was "bad form" to use a more recent technology, for example leveraging features from a recent release of the framework/language used (w...

open source Quiz engine for ASP.NET

Does anyone know of an open source quiz engine for asp.net? ...

Library design quandary

Ok so I am writing an open source library. A section of this library deals with moving an entity in a two and three dimensional space so it will have functions that manipulate the rotation, position etc. Now ideally I would like my library to work well with other libraries, in particular things like Papervision3D and other Flash 3D engi...

Hash-database of malware and such?

Is there any free database of hashes of malware? I'd like to get a real database of those hashes, so is there any place where this is possible to collect data? I've found http://www.team-cymru.org/Services/MHR/, but they don't offer a real database, only API access.. If not, do you have any idea how to collect it on "my own"? ...

General info on Open Source licensing (for idiots!)

Hello all, I'm about to release a small open source (web) application and I can't find any definitive advice on how to go about doing so correctly. I want to release my code under the GPL v3. My program uses a number of libraries etc that are licensed differently. All are open source and unmodified by me, but they're not all GPL. My qu...

ASP.Net Providers for MySQL

Hello. Are there ASP.NET 2.0 Providers available for MySQL? On Googling, I find discrete (and incomplete) pieces of code on codeplex and elsewhere. Alternatively there is dotConnect from Devart, however, it is commercial. I am looking for something that is open source, free & production quality. The one that I am looking for should...

What open source tools do you use when developing/testing for Android?

Guys I wanted to know what are the open-source tools other than the ones provided by android you are using.... ...

Looking for simple searchable DMS

Hello, We have a project with a looooot of documents (Word,Excel, TXT, Pdf, ...). Currently, we simply store it on a shared folder. But it has soon become not mangeable. Do you know any simple open source (and free or cheap, even for commercial use) DMS that would enable to search within all these data ? I already know about Alfresc...

useful open source libraries/projects on Windows

Which open-source projects do you feel C/C++ Windows developers should be aware of? Boost Libraries: generic library (smart pointers, command line parsing, threads, formatting, etc) Postgresql: full-feature SQL database. MediaInfo: provides information about audio/video files. ...

Python OpenID Library Usage

hi.. can anyone explain me steps using openid library which is mentioned here. i have import all package of janrain openid in my programe but i cant understand actual flow of code. The process should basically follow this plan: Add an OpenID login field somewhere on your site. When an OpenID is entered in that field and the form is su...

How should I structure a community contribution code repository and solution?

I'm getting ready to launch a contribution project on CodePlex to provide a place where people can write and share extensions for another project that I have on there. This contrib project will be similar to the MEF-Contrib project in that multiple people will be able to submit items to the project that extend the core application. Now...

Managing open source integration

How does everyone manage open source integrations in their workplace? For example, changes are made, some specific to your workplace's needs, to an open source project and then incorporated into the main codeline, likely via a jar. How best to integrate a new version of the open source project applying all local changes seamlessly (wit...

What are equivalent open source libraries to these closed source ones?

I have a project (.NET 3.0, c#) that needs to be converted to open source (probably GPLv2). The project uses some closed source libraries at its core that need to be replaced with open source ones. Can anyone point me in the direction of the best open source replacements for the following libraries? Infragistics (Windows Forms) (prim...

open source photo album software?

I have a friend who had been using a proprietary photo album product and reached a hard limit on the number of photos. He managed to export the data to spreadsheet format (including image filenames) plus he of course saved the image files themselves. He says there doesn't seem to be any other product that can import this format. Is th...

Looking for Open Source SaaS model examples.

I'd like to know if there are any base SaaS type systems out there in the open source world. Trying to find implementation options for a new SaaS type product that is being worked on. Java solutions would be preferred but all are welcome. For example: Basecamp will let you sign up for a service and they provide you with a yourdomain.b...

Open Source key/value capable of high [storage] capacity

I'm looking for a key/value store meeting the following requirements: Open Source C API (C++ okay too) ACID Some level of crash recovery High [storage] capacity per file Both key and value are arbitrary binary data Embedded (like DBM, SQLite, et al.) GDBM looks particularly attractive. Per the fact that the datum struct uses int ds...

Open source CMS in stripes?

Is there any existing open source CMS in stripes? I'm especially looking for a very tiny and lightweight one that I can take a look on and learn from :) ...

Submit bug fixes on launchpad through patches or merge proposals?

I'm new to Launchpad and Bazaar, and I'm trying to figure out what the best way is to submit bug fixes. I'm using some reasonably popular open-source software that's hosted on Launchpad, but it's not very stable. I've created my own branch of the project to stabilize it and apply just the bug fixes we need without adding other changes fr...