Here is what I want to do, very simply: I want to put a URL into a Mozilla Prism (or some alternative), then be provided with an icon on my desktop that when I click it a window opens and the page is displayed. The process for this instance of Prism should be completely independent of any other Prism "applications" that are running. P...
Hi All, Thanks for taking time to read my question :) Can you please tell me if there is any open source instant messenger in java? I found some but they are all in C/C++ :( It is not a school assignment :) Coz I need open source java messenger that should have audio video archive etc. options... ...
If we use a CMS that is covered by the GPL (v2), do we have to re-release the source code of the CMS if we make modifications to the core? The GPL v2 states: The GPL does not require you to release your modified version. You are free to make modifications and use them privately, without ever releasing them. This applies to or...
I've found wkhtmltopdf, which looks good on the surface and works fine in very small cases, but it doesn't provide any real css control over the rendering. By that I mean it doesn't use the print media type and page breaks are not respected, as well, on windows you can't control the names of some header/footer variables, or generate a T...
If the specifics are important, I made a cruisecontrol.net publisher plugin that notifies a series of phone numbers via voice, announcing the current state of the build. It uses Twilio to do so. I'd like to avoid getting hung up on the specifics of what it is I've made, as I have this question a lot, with a number of little hobby one-of...
I notice several well-known projects in java that were ported to C# .NET. Some examples: Hibernate -> NHibernate JUnit --> NUnit Ant --> NAnt Lucene --> Lucene.Net, NLucene iText --> iTextSharp log4j --> log4net Quartz --> Quartz.NET I was curious about the reverse situation: what are the notable .NET projects that have been ported ...
I've finished reading the spring doc and the PetClinic sample project. Just like to see some bigger real world project that's done with Spring. Thanks. ...
Hi, I wanted to ask (probably a silly) question regarding the packaging of existing open-source components as OSGi bundles (more specifically Jasper Reports). I have an application that I am converting from a monolithic jar-hell type architecture to something more moduler and OSGi is my weapon of choice. There are various modules I hav...
I'm am looking into releasing the sourcecode for a project for non-commercial use. GPL and similar licenses are not non-commercial, but I don't want end up competing against software I wrote, so I can't use them. Are there non-commercial software licenses? Preferably some that are at least somewhat known. For know I thinking to use Cre...
I'm currently a junior in high school and I've been slacking off on my community service to develop websites and do some personal projects in C#. Currently, I'm developing an web-based IM-Chat through node.js (the server-side Javascript). If I were to post this or other projects on Github or on Google Code, could this be considered commu...
What are some best practices to keep in mind when developing a script program that could be integrated with a GUI, probably by somebody else, in the future? Possible scenario: i develop a fancy python CLI program that scrapes every unicorn images from the web i decide to publish it on github a unicorn fan programmer decides to take t...
I'm aware of the usual list of open source licenses, so I'm not even going to list it here. What I'd like to ask is about your open source projects (whether out or planned for the future), and why you're planning to choose a certain license over the other. Basically say I went for X license because I wanted Y and that other license did...
Possible Duplicates: Best way to find open-source project partners for non-software tasks Arguments for going open source For me the main goal of open sourcing something is collaboration. If the most that other developers are going to do is take it and use it and report bugs to me, then I might as well close source it. Close...
Can the owner of an open source github repository later decide to close it? What about other people's contribution to that project? Edit - several people focused only on the legal aspects. Besides them there exists the technical question: Is it technically possible to take a public repository I own on github, and turn it private at a la...
I want to start writing platform independent and open source code (mostly C++). What do I have to consider when doing so? Stop using IDEs and use makefiles from now on? What do all the "professional" open source coders do (like the guys behind GNU) and what tools do they use? I'm especially interested into developing shared libraries. Ho...
I've created a software that I want to be able to market. I'd like to be able to post it on forums etc and for that I need a home page. Is there any open source C# project home pages that you can use? The functionality I'm looking for is like adding new versions (perhaps a version control from the software), downloading and user guides...
Possible Duplicate: Open source: Why or why not? What key reasons for software developers can you list so they will decide to make their products as open source (I don't mean products just for fun but real products)? ...
Suppose your for-sale software product uses some free open-source library at runtime. Therefore, you need to distribute the FOSS product in the unchanged, binary form with your product. Which open-source license permits such distribution and under what conditions? I'm particularly interested in three licenses: Apache 2 MS-PL MIT ...
Microsoft has recently announced "Intellitrace", a killer feature for VS2010 IMHO. Basically it records some of the instructions the program ran (specifically function calls), and allows you to easily look through the execution log. Is there a similar feature for open source tools? Specifically such a feature for Java with Eclipse inte...
One of the best ways to learn about programming is reading high quality code/projects from great engineers. Which open-source projects do you think is worth looking at? I mean, that code that you can print and sit under a tree with a glass of wine and enjoy reading. If you can, also specify if the software is great to look at because it...