open-source

Is there any non-GPL-opensource C\C++ H264 encoding library?

Could someone please point me to an opensource H264 encoding library (written with C/C++) that is not licensed under GPL? It is for not commercial app creation of cource. I just do not want to open its sources. ...

how to go from beginner level to proficient level with ruby on rails?

i need some advice since i have read 4 books for beginners in ROR.should i contribute to open source projects?how ?where can i find project that are easy enough to improve my skills. thank you. ...

How to achieve effective democratic governance for an Open Source project?

How to successfully implement democratic (non-BDFL controlled) type of management for the open source project? More specifically - for the project using distributed source repositories. What style of communication is best to adopt in such environment? How to encourage merging branches into the master? I am mostly interested in establi...

Good examples in open source iPhone applications.

Hi, I'm looking for good examples of open source iPhone applications. Not tutorials, but complete applications that made it to the appStore. So far the best I've seen is http://github.com/c99koder/lastfm-iphone - a LastFM client, a very well designed app, and I am curious if there are others like it. Any suggestions are welcome! Thank...

Open source web development framework

Hi All, I am a C++ developer. I want to develop a website in which I plan to put User accounts User groups Alerts based on user preferences Can anybody suggest the best open source framework that I can use to create this website. I hope that the framework would provide basic underlying infrastructer like session management etc. In s...

Editing/Modifying a .java file programmatically? (not the .class file)

So, here is a piece of code using CodeModel that generates java code: JCodeModel cm = new JCodeModel(); JDefinedClass dc = cm._class("foo.Bar"); JMethod m = dc.method(0, int.class, "foo"); m.body()._return(JExpr.lit(5)); File f = new File("C:/target/classes"); f.mkdirs(); cm.build(f); This code generates ...

Anyone knows a good vbscript vbs IDE

I'm looking for a free or opensource IDE for vbscript... i have Visual Studio 2008, but it doesn't support vbs. thanks ...

Open source embedded filesystem (or single file virtual filesystem, or structured storage) library for C

I'm not sure what the "general" name of something like this might be. I'm looking for a library that gives me a file format to store different types of binary data in an expanding single file. open source, non-GPL (LGPL ok) C interface the file format is a single file multiple files within using a POSIX-like file API (or multiple "blob...

Mixing GPL and non-GPL Frameworks in software

Hi, so heres my issue. I'm currently developing a program: Lets call it "Program A". There is an existing framework, call it "Framework A", and that framework is GPL licensed. I have also developed another framework, call it "Framework B", this framework does not depend on Program A, or on Framework A. It can stand alone and be used in...

Why can't I run AssaultCube built from source?

Hi, a error with open source. I have been playing AssaultCube for about 2 weeks and I found that it is open source. I downloaded from SourceForge and I got everything to compile but... It could not find 3 .DLL(libvorbisfile.dll, libogg.dll, libvorbis.dll) files so I downloaded them and put them in \windows\. Now i get the error "the pro...

Open Source Excel Engine

Hi, I am looking for an Open Source Excel Engine which can run excel on the server and return the values back for the specified cells(support Excel Functions). I am evaluating the following solutions, but don't have deep understanding of whether they are good or bad solutions OpenXLS Gnumeric Another non-opensource solution I am ...

How to work with a Mac on a OpenSource project? (Tutorial?)

Hi guys! I'm really interested in participating as a new developer in an OpenSource project. My Problem now is - what is the best way to participate with a Mac on an OSS Project? (Without using a Virtual Machine or DualBoot.) As there is no usual apt-get system, what is the best way of working on such an existing project? Would you us...

What are the pros and cons of open sourcing your software

What are the pros and cons about going open source with a piece of software? is it benificial for the development of my appliation? will people likely be inclined to help? will people rip me off, steal my code, and use it for themselves? etc ...

A Opensource alternative for basecamp?

Is there a Opensource based basecamp alternative? Or even a free hosted version of it? ...

Is there a library similar to ITextSharp that produces a jpg from html snapshot?

I would like to create a server-side process that will capture html as an image and produce a jpeg. My process will be running on Linux / Mono and I am not sure that I can use the Webform Image Control in memory as suggested in Peter Bromberg's excellent article on EggHeadCafe. Is there an open source framework similar to ITextSharp th...

What is the best method to gain users and contributors for my own open source projects?

There are two questions to this: How can I best "spread the word" about my projects to interested users? How can I best "spread the word" to like-minded developers? I know this sounds easy, but it really isn't. I've participated in official mailing list discussions, establishing a presence on IRC, wrote articles for magazines, hoste...

Suggestions for first-time sourceforge project contributer?

Hey all. I'm a professional software developer here in Seattle, WA USA. I program for/work in a Windows shop, but I've recently began considering contributing to an Open Source project, specifically one under the Python License (CNRI Python License). I realize that contacting a human resources representative where I work is the firs...

Automata Design software

I am looking for an open source GUI based application that can draw either FSM or Automata. Anyone knows of anything? ...

Are there any good reference (open-source) Rails NoSQL apps?

I'm interested in seeing how using NoSQL would affect the architecture/design/code of a Rails application. Does anyone know of a good example of a open-source Rails app using NoSQL persistence? Thanks ...

open-source/free borland together clone

Hi all, I was wondering if there is any open-source/free borland together clone to create uml diagrams like class diagrams, use case diagrams, sequence diagrams, etc. Many thanks ...