open-source

What signing method to use for public open-source projects?

I'm publishing an open-source library on CodePlex, and want the dll files to have strong names so that they can be added to GAC. What's the best option for signing? Should I use SNK? If so, everyone have access to the key. I don't have a problem with everyone having access, but is it a good approach? Should I use PFX? If so, does it m...

Deep diving into open source code

When do you feel that it's appropriate/necessary to take deeper dives into the source code of open source tools to gain an understanding of the toolsets that you use? (nHibernate, StructureMap, Rhino Mocks, etc.) ...

Is there any OpenSource Java Crossplatform Screen Capture programm/lib

Is there any OpenSource Java Crossplatform (at least win, mac, lin) Screen (desctop) Capture programm/lib? ...

php webclient open source without popup serverconfiguration

Is there any open source web client php application without popup server configuration , Am looking open source web client application , I dont want imap, pop3 or any protocol suppert application , Simply i want intra net message service applications , Thanks Bharanikumar ...

Open Source Salon Management Software Suggestions?

I'm looking for a decent open source salon management system to recommend to a friend. I've considered writing a new system in .Net but the website aspect is already covered. What's really required at this stage is an decent reservation and stock management application that I could put in place for them. If there are recommendations for...

JDBC Licensing - Packaging jdbc in jar

Hi there. I'm packaging my open-source non-commercial java application in a .jar and I'd like to package the JDBC mysql-connector with it as it is a dependency. The issue that I am having is that I'm uncertain whether or not this is frowned upon or even illegal due to the JDBC license. I've also got the jdbc mysql-connector jar in my c...

looking for nutch alternative

i am looking for a open source full featured web search engine like nutch , because nutch is complex and it take much time to penetrate its code and i didnt find a book about it . ...

Good Front end for PostgreSQL on Windows or Mac

I'm considering using postgreSQL 8.4x db on windows/Mac for development and linux for production. wondering what front-end tools are out there that are comparable to Toad (for Oracle) ? PostgreSQL comes with PgAdminIII. It's OK but I feel there might be something better than that. I prefer free or open source but if something is NOT too...

What is the role/responsibility of a 'shell'?

Hi, I have been looking at the source code of the IronPython project and the Orchard CMS project. IronPython operates with a namespace called Microsoft.Scripting.Hosting.Shell (part of the DLR). The Orchard Project also operates with the concept of a 'shell' indirectly in various interfaces (IShellContainerFactory, IShellSettings). No...

What source licenses allow inclusion in commercial applications

Which open source licenses allows inclusion of the licensed source code in commercial applications without having to make our program open source as well? In particular, I was looking on koders.com for an implementation of a fast hash algorithm in C#, but I am not sure if Iam allowed to use it in a commerial application without limits. ...

open source flash or ajax sketchpad?

For a non-profit (charity) site I need a simple sketchpad (drawing) component. It should be able to: Let the user draw a simple black on white sketch. Save to server the full drawing steps. Save to server the final image. Re-play the drawing steps to future users. http://www.sketchswap.com/ has a similar component. Do you know wher...

Anyone know of a good open source spam checker in java or c#?

I'm creating a website where users can write articles and comment on the articles. I want to automatically check to see if a new article or comment is spam. What are good libraries for doing this? I looked at bayesian classifier libraries, but it seems that I would have to gather a large amount of samples and classify them all as spa...

want a good address importer

Hey Can anybody suggest me a good free open source address importer which I can use in my project? Good in the sense that, it should be easy to use and integrate (using Codeigniter framework), and also lightweight. After a long searching i’ve got one: OpenInviter. But, I don’t know how efficient it is. ...

sftp upload open source using vb.net

i tried the question that is asked here but not much could get from it. Does anyone know where to research or if has a project for sftp using vb.net? ...

Reselling Open Source Code licenced under GPL, MIT

I want to use some open source code that is licenced under the following "GNU General Public License (GPL), MIT License". I want to include this code in a product that i will sell. Here is the code in particular What do i have to do to not get sued? :) I dont mind distributing the source code that i have modified, but i dont want the ...

data mining open source software in java

Hi i just like to know is there any open source data mining software written in java that is approximately less than 3k lines of codes? If yes, please give download link i need to do software testing thank you. ...

Open source configuration framework for ASP.NET - does one exist?

We currently have an old product written in classic asp and are about to re-write parts in ASP.NET. One big problem is that much of the cutomer-specifics within the system are hard coded. We want to split this out for specific customers by storing data in the database. Is there a quick an easy open source framework which allows me to s...

Most accurate open-source OCR for Japanese?

From your experience, what is the most accurate open-source Optical Character Recognition (OCR) library/software to read Japanese text? I just tried nhocr, its mistake rate is over 2% even on an extremely clean high-definition document. Keywords: kanji, hiragana, katakana, scan, recognize, 光学式文字読取り装置, 光学的文字認識 ...

Most accurate open-source OCR for handwritten numbers?

My software needs to read a fixed-length handwritten number. While I could use a general-purpose library like Tesseract, I am sure there is something smarter. Tesseract will probably misinterpret some of the 1 or 7 as I or l, whereas a software that expects only numbers would not. Knowing that there are only numbers (American-English w...

What are the good open source struts projects for which I can contribute

Hi I want to know the Good open source projects that run in struts for which i can contribute as a developer. I am not sure how to approach and where to look for. I would be great full if someone can assist me in this regard. Thanks Rahul ...