open-source

Is there some framework like .net in open source world?

Hi! all is in the title.. Is there some framework like .net in open source world? I heard about zend framework is the same? Is not just for MVC designing? For JAVA is there some framework as powerfull as Dotnet? ...

Advantage of using open source ecommerce platform

Hey guys, This is not a technical question but being newbie I'm not sure about it. If I wanted to start an ecommerce website say for selling books - I have plenty of options like using osCommerce,prestashop,opencart,spree,ubercart etc etc. Or I can build the site on my own. The obvious question is why would you want to build somethin...

Recommended books on open source

Hi. I was wondering what is the best book on open source that is a must read? I was thinking of getting 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar' but I thought I had check once with you guys here. I am interested in general books about open source and how open source works. ...

Where to collaborate on your open-source project

I have been working on an open-source project for some time now and I decided to launch it a few days ago. I have created a website for the product with a documentation, tutorials, and a blog. There is no commenting on the website itself. I have made the project available on sourceforge. I uploaded the current stable version, that can ...

Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL)

Does anybody knows if I can use (opens source) software components/controls, which are under the Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL), in commercial projects ? Can anybody provide me a good and above all clear site with a overview of all open source licences and their restrictions ? ...

Javascript projects to learn from

Hi, I like javascript, but I have problem with learning it :) I mean, i use it at work but I would like to know more, and I think the best way to do it is to read and understand someone else's code. I use ASP.Net MVC and there are some great opensource projects you can use to learn new technology, like NerdDinner, Oxite or SharpArchitec...

How/where to start reading open source code?

Hey, I have always wanted to participate in an Open Source project but once I got the source code, I don't know where to start. Sinatra framework (Ruby-based) and Apache Maven 3 are in mind but I don't know where to start. How usually starting reading/viewing open source code? Thanks for help and time. ...

Buildroot in embedded project, what source do I need to provide for GPL compliance?

http://buildroot.uclibc.org/ I understand that Buildroot itself isn't the GPL component, but in my company's embedded project, we use Buildroot to compile a minimized version of a Linux OS and use Busybox to run our actual application. Our core application does not use any GPL code, and is functionally separate from our OS generation/us...

What's the main difference between MIT, GPL, BSD, and other open source licenses?

Is it possible to summarize the differences among various open source licenses in one sentence? Some require that the source remain open forever (GPL), and others let you fork derivatives as closed source (is this considered equivalent to CC-share-alike?). Some require attribution. Some require non-commercialization. Speaking along this...

AMD 6 Core and compiling open-source projects

I have been wanting to build my own box with AMD 6 core. I have always used Intel based machines and frankly have not done open-source projects. I want to get into that along with Systems programming but am worried if open-source projects (mainly Linux based) are going to be a problem to compile on AMD? How difficult is porting (if it ...

Source code of the "halt" tool?

Can anyone link up the source of the halt tool? It is a binary usually located in /sbin which shuts down the system. I did some search and I couldn't find it anywhere. ...

Releasing a PHP CMS... how to?

I'm about to release a CMS written in PHP (using Zend Framework). It's very powerful and easy to manage once you understand it. I was wondering to release it some under commercial license (I want money) but I realized that there's a saturation of CMS's on market. So I think I'm going to release it under some open-source license. I kn...

Is there an open source survey application to create tables (similar to excel spreadsheet)?

Hi Everyone, I am working on creating a survey tool that incorporates 'tables' as survey questions. The formatting of the tables has to be similar to excel spreadsheet (should include free text, drop downs, check boxes etc). I googled open source survey application and came across LimeSurvey. But, I am not sure if it incorporates free t...

Open source web-based code and changeset viewer for git

Know of any good ones? Looks like there were a few attempts at adding git support to Warehouse but it appears to be dead. I'm aware of Redmine but am looking for others. I host git repos with gitosis on my local server and want a way to browse it on the web. ...

Can I use Chromium in my closed source app?

I would like to know if it is possible and what is necessary in order to use Chromium in my closed source app. Since Chromium uses many other open-source libraries with different types of licenses I am not sure if I can use it or not. I don't want to waste programming hours and then realize that is not possible to use it. ...

What happens to open source Glassfish by Oracle?

Dear members, As you know Sun/Glassfish has been captured by the Oracle and Oracle has commercial approach. So, what do you think for the future of Open-Source Glassfish and/or Netbeans IDE? Is this better choice to migrate to eclipse/Jboss or not yet? Regards ...

Open Source Project Cost Estimation Application

Hi All, I am looking for a Cost Estimation application that is open source and written in java Any suggestion? thanks... ...

Will F# ever be open-sourced?

There was discussion in early 2009 about whether Microsoft would release the source for the F# compiler under the MS-PL/another license. A StackOverflow thread mentioned the state as of then. Since then a lot has happened. We've seen an official release of F# with the .NET Framework 4.0 (and Visual Studio 2010), and for all I know, it's...

Fast infoset or .net binary compression open source libraries

Hi, are there open source libraries implementing the fast infoset or the .net binary compression format? I'd need them for C, C++ and C# (including support for the .net framework, I'm not sure it natively supports the binary compression). The final goal is that of compressing xml files with a fast algorithm available for a wide range of...

Which technology ocean to swim for a software engineer, Microsoft or OpenSource/Linux/Java?

Hi mates, I'm a software engineering student from Turkey and I'm trying to lead my career as best I could. A software engineer should have knowledge of any technology, C, C++, Java, C#, Linux, Windows etc. But a human can't be a real professional at all of them. They are technology oceans continuously grow... For a software engineerin...