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 Open source - Wikichristian
Open source is a work methodology that fits the Open Source Definition, and generally is any computer software whose source code is either in the public domain or, more commonly, is copyrighted by one or more persons/entities and distributed under an open-source license such as the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Such a license may require that the source code be distributed along with the software, and that the source code be freely modifiable, with at most minor restrictions, such as a requirement to preserve the authors' names and copyright statement in the code, a concept known as copyleft.
Open source advocates point out that as of the early 2000s, at least 90 percent of computer programmers are employed not to produce software for direct sale, but rather to design and customize software for other purposes, such as in-house applications.
www.wikichristian.org /index.php?title=Open_source   (1520 words)

  
 Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
The first step of a software engineering process is to create a document which describes the target customers and their reason for needing this product, and then goes on to list the features of the product which address these customer needs.
Open Source developers often succeed for years before the difference between programming and software engineering finally catches up to them, simply because Open Source projects take longer to suffer from the lack of engineering rigor.
Software engineering isn't just for the slide rule and pocket protector set--it's a rich field with a lot of proven techniques for building high-quality systems, especially high-quality systems that aren't amenable to the "one smart programmer" approach common to Open Source projects.
www.oreilly.com /catalog/opensources/book/vixie.html   (3349 words)

  
 Open Source Initiative OSI - Welcome
Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community, specifically through the OSI Certified Open Source Software certification mark and program.
You can read about successful software products that have these properties, and about our certification mark and program, which allow you to be confident that software really is "Open Source." We also make copies of approved open source licenses here.
We in the open source community have learned that this rapid evolutionary process produces better software than the traditional closed model, in which only a very few programmers can see the source and everybody else must blindly use an opaque block of bits.
www.opensource.org   (473 words)

  
 Shane Baptista - UNCW Center for Teaching Excellence
Open Source Software offers a way to end this piracy by taking what is being offered and ignoring that which is held back.
Open Source Software is free of viruses and bad code that can hurt your computer or send information about you back to some marketing firm.
Slashdot.org Not an Open Source site as such but touches on a lot of Open Source Issues "News for Nerds Stuff That Matters" It is a daily read for me and has been a way that I've found new software on occasion.
people.uncw.edu /baptistas/OpenSourceIntroduction   (2450 words)

  
 Various Licenses and Comments about Them - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
This is a free software license, and a copyleft license.
This is a free software license, not a strong copyleft, and incompatible with the GNU GPL.
Despite its name, this is not a free software license because it does not allow charging for distribution, and largely prohibits simply packaging software licensed under it with anything for which a charge is made.
www.gnu.org /licenses/license-list.html   (6675 words)

  
 Open bibliographic and cataloging standards and software
With the proliferation of robust and powerful open source software, the Internet, and standardization on XML data formats, there are unprecedented opportunities for the collection and management of information.
And yet the state of bibliographic software is largely stuck in the 1980s.
This list provides a quick overview of the landscape of open-source bibliographic software; both where is has been, but more importantly, where it may yet go.
wwwsearch.sourceforge.net /bib/openbib.html   (2843 words)

  
 Damicon - List of open-source software links
This List of Open Software is comprised largely of open-source packages.
Open source is not for everyone (but neither is Windows).
If you know of a software package that you think should be on this list please email us.
www.damicon.com /resources/opensoftware.html   (383 words)

  
 Call Center Free Software Help Desk Outsourcing
List of open source software packages - This is a list of open-source software packages: computer software licensed under an open-source license.
Software that fits the Free software definition may be more appropriately called free software; the GNU project in particular objects to their works being referred to as "open source.
Eclipse (software) - Eclipse is a free software / open source platform-independent software framework for delivering what the project calls "rich-client applications", as opposed to "thin client" browser-based applications.
www.dialogsoft.com /callcenterfreesoftware.html   (628 words)

  
 TOG: Software Related Tools and Resources
Netpbm is a free package of file manipulation and conversion programs for a wide variety of file types and operations.
The Genesis3D engine is a commercial open source graphics engine for the PC with a huge number of features and hardware support.
OpenTeddy is an open source implementation of the Teddy sketch modeler.
www.acm.org /tog/Software.html   (2929 words)

  
 Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS) References
Open Source as ESS by David Rysdam, which applies game theory concepts to software licenses and argues that the GPL fundamentally ``wins'' over other licenses.
Tim O'Reilly's "The Open Source Paradigm Shift" (May 2004) is a very interesting piece arguing that OSS/FS is an expression of three trends: the commoditization of software, network-enabled collaboration, and software customizability (software as a service).
Another useful essays is Karl Fogel's "Recognizing rudeness in the open source culture", which argues that "One of the defining characteristics of open source culture is its distinctive notions of what does and does not constitute rudeness.
www.dwheeler.com /oss_fs_refs.html   (5037 words)

  
 List of open source software packages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of open-source software packages: computer software licensed under an open-source license.
However, nearly all software meeting the Open Source Definition is also Free Software, so it is all listed here.
Free software list for linux - a catalog of useful free software for linux
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_open-source_software_packages   (958 words)

  
 Computer Vision Source Code
Open Source, FREE for academic AND commercial use.
Source code for the AcquireNowClient application is included, and can be used by customers as a base for their own imaging applications.
Modular Flow Scheduling Middleware is an open source implementation of a generic, modular, extensible software architecture for dataflow processing of datastreams.
www.cs.cmu.edu /~cil/v-source.html   (9824 words)

  
 Peter Suber, What you can do to promote open access
Of all the items on that list, the most important may be to urge your institution to create an open-access OAI-compliant eprint archive and adopt policies encouraging faculty to fill it with their research articles.
This additional source for your published papers assures authors and readers that the papers will remain OA even if your journal dies, is bought out, or changes its access policies.
Experiment with open access and share your business data with ALPSP as it conducts a thorough study of the OA business model, especially from the standpoint of society publishers.
www.earlham.edu /~peters/fos/do.htm   (6985 words)

  
 Software - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
A few GNU packages have been decommissioned, generally because they've been superseded by or integrated into other packages.
Finally, here is a short list of Free Software for Microsoft Windows, for the Windows user who is curious about Free Software but isn't ready to use a Free operating system (yet ;).
Some packages use other CVS repositories; the package's pages should say where the repository is.
www.gnu.org /software/software.html   (452 words)

  
 A complete list of open source help desk software packages
However, IT managers, software developers, and process engineers have for years been experimenting with ways to broaden this methodology to better reflect all the likely costs, benefits, and risks of choosing a particular software application over another.
Open source help desk software, designed for use from a Linux/Unix command line.
OTRS is open sourced under the GPL and is written in Perl.
www.opensourcehelpdesklist.com   (788 words)

  
 Blastwave.org - An OpenSolaris Community Site
The software is delivered in the form of two “branches” of package files.
Packaging standards for CSW packages are publically available for reading.
See the official package mirrors page for the list of mirrors, and instructions on how to install packages.
www.blastwave.org   (514 words)

  
 Apple - Mac OS X Downloads - UNIX & Open Source
A multi-platform and multi-lingual office suite and an Open Source project compatible with all other major office suites.
An open source web application framework for fast and efficient scripting and serving of your websites and Internet applications.
A free Open Source image editor that is similar to the popular Adobe Photoshop.
www.apple.com /downloads/macosx/unix_open_source   (555 words)

  
 Knowledge Worker Free/Open Source Toolbox
See also the List Of Open-source Programs (LOOP) for Microsoft Windows (at Ubuntu) for strictly Open Source programs for Windows.
Open Workbench (Computer Associates) is a free, open-source, full-featured replacement for Microsoft Projcet.
A document that lists freeware and Open Source equivalents to commercial software used by knowledge workers.
campbell-online.com /resources/knowledge_worker_toolbox.html   (1080 words)

  
 everyone's opensource wists
The new beginnings of an open source operating system development project that hopes to...
TYPO3 is a free Open Source content management system for enterprise purposes on the web and in intranets.
GNU GPL Free Software Open Source Virus Scanner.
wists.com /everyone/opensource?out=rdf   (229 words)

  
 RODS Open Source Project - Open Source Outbreak and Disease Surveillance Software Development   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
RODS collects and analyzes disease surveillance data in real time and has been in development since 1999 by the RODS Laboratory--a collaboration of the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.
In 2002, the Utah Department of Health used the software for monitoring during the Winter Olympics Games.
The open-source phase of the project began in August, 2003, when the University of Pittsburgh released the source code under the GNU GPL.
openrods.sourceforge.net   (197 words)

  
 FindOpenSourceSupport.com: Supported Open Source Software
Below you will find a list of Open Source software packages which you can find support for on this site.
Click on a link for more detailed information on a particular software package.
If you would like to see a new Open Source software package listed here, please contact us.
findopensourcesupport.com /software/az.php   (78 words)

  
 Solaris Operating System - Freeware
The Companion Software DVD image is located on the same page as the Solaris DVD image.
Please note that you will need to use the `pkgadd` command to install the Companion software and the installer will no longer prompt you to enter the Companion DVD.
Sun is working to ensure that the strength of the Solaris Operating System is complemented by a collection of popular, freely available software.
www.sun.com /software/solaris/freeware   (587 words)

  
 FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory
The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
We catalog useful free software that runs under free operating systems — particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants.
If you have a favorite free software package that you'd like to see included in the Directory, please consider writing up an entry.
directory.fsf.org   (433 words)

  
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Programmers say the craziest things in their code
clipmarks.com /clipmark/18E3D8EF-E889-4EE9-BFF8-894E1CD74C39   (86 words)

  
 FindOpenSourceSupport.com: Supported Open Source Software
FindOpenSourceSupport.com allows you to search for individuals and businesses around the world that offer consulting services and support contracts for over 100 different Open Source software packages.
Click the link below to see a full list of Open Source software packages for which you can find support.
Wondering what Open Source software you can find support for?
www.findopensourcesupport.com /software   (66 words)

  
 JustLinux Forums - Open source software list- good reference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
A list of Open Source programs categorized by function.
If you click on the numbers after some of the titles, it may take you to the home page of the software.
And for big categories, click on the title to see all the software available.
www.justlinux.com /forum/showthread.php?threadid=145696   (127 words)

  
 The Wikipedia Open Source Software entry. - The Red Ferret Journal
Definitely worth a bookmark if you want to impress at your geeky dinner parties.
Software that fits the Free software definition may be more appropriately called free software…
Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.
www.redferret.net /?p=6004   (83 words)

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