open-source

Does implementing a Java class under an open-source library's package name constitutes a modification of the library?

Greetings, I understand that this is not the best forum for getting legal advices. But I am still wondering if anybody has some experience around this topic, or can point me to relevant resources that explain it. I have tried to search it online but could not find clear answers. Assuming I am using a Java open-source library from "some...

Open Source Semantic Web Project, input SPARQL, output Graph

Hi All, I am looking for an open source (java is preferred) semantic web project which it's input is SPARQL and its output is a triple RDF format grid & graph, like this site: http://linkedlifedata.com Any help would be appreciated Cheers Erwin ...

Making GUI applications on Linux/Windows. What languages/tools to use?

My student group and I are trying to continue working on a project we worked on this semester over the summer to become a professional, deployable app. We originally did it in Adobe AIR but it seems now that the computers this program will be running on will be very slow, maybe 600mhz and 128-256mb ram so flash just isn't going to cut it...

Is there any open source system for keyword search on XML documents?

I found lot of open source XML databases (TPOX, Timber , DBXML), but they are working on XPath and XQuery, I need a system which is developed for the purpose of "Keyword search on XML documents". ...

GPL licensed frameworks on ecommerce websites

Ok this may be a foolish question, but I just want some clarification on this. If you build a website on a GPL licensed web framework, let's say a browser based game or some kind of kind of sophisticated web application are you required to redistribute all the code? If this is so what licenses would allow you to build on top of an opens...

Well written open source java projects

Possible Duplicate: well written java open source projects (for learning)? I want to improve my design and programming skills by understanding design & code of open source projects. I downloaded hadoop,groovy but they are very difficult to follow. I am not having a clue of how to follow this code without having a high level ov...

Publishing an open source project as a public repository and applying a license

If I publish my project now, with added license information, will the license still apply to the project if one goes back a few commits in the history to a state where I hadn't yet added any license information? Relevant answer This suggests that unless there is some license information available, no rights are granted. Is that true in...

How can open source projects obtain license for commercial software without spending a lot of money?

I just joined an open source project on codeplex. The project is based on the .NET compact framework. So the development tool is Visual Studio. Currently I am using some trial version of Visual Studio which is going to end and I wondered how can I obtain a valid license to work on the project without spending a lot of money. Please pay a...

opensourcing a website code

Hi! I'm writing a little website (webapp) in php+codeigniter, I'd really like to make it open source (to attract collaborators and to have a free VCS hosting). Is that a good practice? This mine security? Which are the best tools to change important data before uploading? (like config files with db names and passwords used for testing ...

How to make uploaded files appear in File Manager - SourceForge.net?

Hi those who're projects owners of sourceforge.net, Recently, sourceforge lets us to use sftp to upload files, which is necessary for uploading huge file. But I can't think of ways to make uploaded files file manager rather than making links from http://myproject.sf.net/. Thanks! ...

What is the best membership module for some open source CMS?

I need a free membership module for some open source CMS which use PHP and MySQL and it's easily customized. Needed features: Implementation of Plimus, 2checkout and other payment gateways (PayPal it's not enough) Limited forum and content access based on presence of user in membership program (2nd month he can see more forum categori...

Is there any free svn for visual studio plugin?

Is there any free svn for visual studio (9 10) plugin? (opensource will be +) ...

Video conversion in java

Is there any framework or open source project for Java that does video conversion from any video format to any video format. Something similar to Panda Video Conversion framework. ...

OpenGL code to render ribbon diagrams for protein

Hey all, I am looking to render ribbon diagrams of proteins using OpenGL and C++. Does anyone know if any open source code for this already exists, or if there are good guides to do this? If not, I'd prefer to figure it out myself ;) but I didn't want to reinvent the wheel, especially if the wheel was free. EDIT: thanks for the respo...

SourceForge-like site but not SourceForge...

This may be off-topic, but I decided to ask it here anyway, because it's very related to programming. I'm looking for a site which will host a free software project for free, offer SVN and Hg access, bug tracking &co, space for a blog... Any tips? Also, should this be community wiki? ...

How are open source projects in C/C++ carried out exactly without .sln/.project files?

Seems most open source projects in C/C++ only provide the source code,i.e. nginx Is this a convention that anyone interested in joining the developing team should figure out the .sln/.project files himself to qualify?? ...

Where can I download Lockheed-Martin social network engine source code?

I've read multiple times that Lockheed-Martin releases their social network implementation to open source. But I've never managed to actually find any piece of code - only news here and there. Do you know where the source is? ...

Is there any Open Source DirectShow Data to Server filter?

Is there any Open Source DirectShow Data (bites) to Server ( to http://url:port/) filter? ...

How many android apps are open source?

I know that the android plattform is open source. What I am interested in is the share of open source Android apps, thus developers that realease their own apps under a open source license. Does anybody have an idea, how to get this information? ...

is there a good reason to fear closed-source code *inside* of open-source libraries?

Here's the situation. At work here, I hear there is resistance to using open source code (Nant in particular) because there might be closed-source copyrighted code in there (meaning copyrighted by someone who'd have an interest in suing anyone who used their code, e.g. Sun, Oracle etc.). Meaning somewhere in that open source tool or libr...