open-source

Multiple Rails forks with separate designs and layouts

I have a Rails project that is basically a simple web app for a membership-based organization. We've open sourced the code on Github for the web app so that others can use it, but have a licensed design/layout that the original organization is going to use. This layout cannot be open sourced. I was wondering if others have run into the s...

Trying to convert openGL to MFC coordinates and having Problems with "gluProject"

To clarify things, what i am trying to do is to get the openGL coordinates and manipulate them in my mfc code. not to get an openGL object. i'm using the mfc to control the position of the objects in the openGL. Hi, i'm trying to find the naswer on the web and can't find a full solution that i can use and that will work... I'm develop...

Why the amount of open source commits has decreased dramatically in 2009-2010 (according to ohloh.net)?

Declining commit graph at ohloh.net: http://www.ohloh.net/languages/compare?commit=Update&l0=c&l10=lisp&l11=csharp&l12=-1&l1=html&l2=java&l3=php&l4=perl&l5=python&l6=haskell&l7=clojure&l8=scala&l9=ruby&measure=commits ...

What open source project is this site based on?

http://www.lightinthebox.com/ I see a lot of such sites,but don't know which open source projects are they based on? ...

PHP open source script for a specific website

Hi, Does anyone of you ever heard about a PHP open source solution that would have these features: Users login/registration (ideally connect via Facebook) Upload photos: users can upload photos and exchange them with administrators. No photo will be shown publicly (only to users and admin) Rich backend administration with different rol...

php email marketing open source

Hi, Anyone knows about some free open source php library or framework to implement following service independently. Email Marketing , Which include following service in that , send email , choose email template , Choose email template from local drive , text template , Account management like History email list , and more , Payment...

Some Simple Questions for knowledge?

Before Some days my friend ask me some simple questions, but I have no answer. Please tell me about these questions. How many computer programming languages are used all in the world ? I want to create a language like 'java or c#'. What is the procedure for creating a language and how it will create? Which language is used for manipula...

How to learn open source library API without good documentation

I am recently working on the open source library openmetaverse which is designed as an open source substitution of second life viewer. I think the problem is that it is not well documented. Sometimes, I just misunderstand the API when I really used it in real program which is very annoying because sometimes you need to write many code. B...

how to choose an open source library ?

hi guys , when every one of us program in java he would need a library (some jars) to complete his work . so when this programmer find some libraries he need . how he can find the best of these libs ? thanks. ...

Why do most web hosting services support only php as server-side language?

Hello, I have been working with java and python, so I found a nice web host which has support for these. But my question is, why can you find so hard such hosts? I understand that php is easy, I also understand that oracle host is hard to find ($$$ of course), but what do they have against some good open-source, completely free java...

What are the Open Source alternatives to WPF/XAML?

If we've learned anything from HTML/CSS it's that, declarative languages (like XML) do a good job of describing User Interfaces because: It's easy to build code preprocessors that can template the code effectively. The code is in a well defined well structured (ideally) format so it's easy to parse. The technology to effectively parse ...

OpenSource Projects - Is there a site which lists projects that need more developers?

Morning/Afternoon/Evening all, Do any of you know of a website which lists opensource projects which are in need of more help? Let me elaborate, I would like to work on another open source project (I already work on a couple), however, it would be nice to have a site which lists lots of OS projects, their aims, deadlines, workload, how...

Free or open source self hosted project management tools?

Hi guys, Does anyone know a free self hosted alternative to Basecamp or Active Collab? Basic requirements would be projects, milestones, tasks, users, reminders, reports. I've sped some time using this tools but now we need a tool for a project we're running and we're looking for some free alternative. Thanks in advance for your time,...

Can I access Flash data before they are rendered by the browser ?

Is it possible to read numbers and names from a Flash page before they are rendered by the browser ? The webpage is changing dynamically and I would like to capture the data every about 60 minutes. I have no access to the Flash website but I might be able to modify an open source browser if this would help. OS is Win 7 and I can speak a...

Pros and Cons of Proprietary Development Software

Proprietary software is about as good as open-source software. There are so many problems with proprietary technologies, however, that I'm beginning to think it's best to avoid them: The software will only be maintained as long as the company exists (and profits). The level of security of the application is as unknowable as the source ...

Licensing for the undecided

I am creating a game in C++. Now I am not sure on how I will distribute it yet - though I am pretty sure that I won't be asking money for it. And I am looking into a licensing and I wondered if there is a license that is suited for the undecided like me. My current releases (which are really really early versions of the game, with far f...

Open source report framework

I'm looking for a open source report framework for statistics. A more detailed explanation is: We have a number of tests running on different servers collecting data (for example, login time) every 5min. What we need is a framework that collects this data (or exposes web services for us to push the data into the framework) and presents ...

Do I need to hide my Flurry API key in my open source app?

I have an open source Android app which I am planning on adding Flurry tracking to. Flurry creates a unique API key for your app's tracking. Do I need to try and hide this API key in my source code (i.e. not include it and I would add it every time I build for release) or just not worry about it? ...

Is there any lite weight open source calendar/notepad tool? similar to rainlendar

Is there any lite weight open source calendar/notepad tool? Which is similar to rainlendar. Thanks. ...

Open Source CMS based on kohanaphp

Im searching open source CMS based on kohana. I want to see ideas used in admin section and all idea for cms. Please show me smth. ...