open source

Open source is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the production and design process for various goods, products, resources and technical conclusions or advice. The term is most commonly applied to the source code of software that is made available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent intellectual property restrictions. This allows users to create user-generated software content through incremental individual effort or through collaboration.

Popular open source projects include the Apache web server, MySQL database, and Firefox web browser, as well as many others.

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation formed to educate about, and advocate for, the benefits of open source. OSI works to build bridges among different constituencies in the open-source community.

One of the OSI's most important activities is as a standards body, maintaining the Open Source Definition for the good of the community. The Open Source Initiative Approved License trademark and program creates a nexus of trust around which developers, users, corporations and governments can organize open-source cooperation.

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• Hundreds of unmarked graves found in central Idaho cemetery

  
  Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — Authority: 558
  Source: [b]Associated [/b] HAILEY, Idaho -- A survey of the Hailey Cemetery using ground-penetrating radar has found hundreds of unmarked graves. Many of the unmarked graves in the 13-acre central Idaho cemetery are in a one-acre area referred to on maps as the "Chinese Cemetery." Officials s...
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• House health care bill has nowhere to go in Senate (AP)

  
  Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — Authority: 558
  Source: [b]AP[/b] WASHINGTON – The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. The problem is that the Senate wont run with it. The government health i...
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• Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia

  
  Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — Authority: 558
  Source: [b]AP[/b] CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuelas military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his countrys soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors. Chavez sa...
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• Plane Crashes In Everglades ( West Broward, Florida)

  
  Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — Authority: 558
  Source: [b]WPLG[/b] Plane Crashes In Everglades POSTED: Sunday, November 8, 2009 West Broward, Fla. -- Police are investigating reports of a possible plane crash in the Everglades. Broward Sheriffs deputies are heading out to mile marker 40 off I-75 in western Broward County. So far ther...
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• Spanish water dog website

  
  Retrieverman's Weblog — Authority: 140
  Source. Check out this breeder’s website . (Not the same breeder as the puppies above). The history is pretty good, although it is more likely that the more plausible theory is that these dogs originated from Central Asian (Turkish, Turkic, or Magyar) ancestors. These dogs are both water dogs and herders, which ...
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• DJ 5150 - NO To The BR (Louisiana Bound)

  
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  ---------------------------------------------------------------------           VA - -DJ 5150 - NO To The BR (Louisiana Bound) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist...............: Various Artists Album................: NO To The BR (Louisiana Bound) ...
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• Indiessential: Editors

  
  Emm Media — Authority: 117
  Indiessential Albums of 2009 A couple of weeks ago, I was thinking that 2009 had been pretty uneventful as far as new music was concerned. I guess I was feeling a bit uninspired and disenchanted. Suddenly, it felt as if there was an explosion of new music and I rushed out and got four new albums. That in turn lead ...
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• Law.Abiding.Citizen.CAM.RERiP.XviD-CAMELOT (ΜΕ ΕΝΣΩΜΑΤΩΜΕΝΟΥΣ ΥΠΟΤΙΤΛΟΥΣ)

  
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  Law.Abiding.Citizen.CAM.RERiP.XviD-CAMELOT (ΜΕ ΕΝΣΩΜΑΤΩΜΕΝΟΥΣ ΥΠΟΤΙΤΛΟΥΣ) Γεια σας παιδια, Μια ακόμα έκδοση της συγκεκριμένης ταινιας, σε ποιοτητα Cam, την οποια προσπαθησα να βελτιωσω ...
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• Nothing is exciting anymore…

  
  SecretZen — Authority: 150
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• HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

  
  Kissing Suzy Kolber — Authority: 137
  The Eagles and Cowboys meet with NFC East primacy on the line. Just weeks ago, the Iggles lost to the Raiders and the Cowboys had to squeak by the Chiefs. Now suddenly, they’re teams of consequence once more. It’s key for Dallas to build as large a division lead as possible before December sets in and they lose ...
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• Dr. Phil Re-upped Through 2014

  
  Entertainment News: Movies, TV Shows, DVDs, Music - Simple Mistake — Authority: 159
  Dr. Phil will keep making house calls through the 2013-14 TV season. His syndicated talk show, now in its eighth season, has been renewed through its 12th season. Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Oprah Winfrey Dr. Phil Source
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• Taylor Swift Alludes to Kanye Once — Once!

  
  Entertainment News: Movies, TV Shows, DVDs, Music - Simple Mistake — Authority: 159
  Taylor Swift could’ve — but she didn’t. Defying expectations raised earlier in the week, the 19-year-old singer opted against using the bully pulpit of Saturday Night Live ’s opening monologue — or any subsequent skits — to hit back hard at Kanye West , Read More > Other Links From ...
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• Taylor Swift Alludes to Kanye Once — Once!

  
  Entertainment News: Movies, TV Shows, DVDs, Music - Simple Mistake — Authority: 159
  Taylor Swift could’ve — but she didn’t. Defying expectations raised earlier in the week, the 19-year-old singer opted against using the bully pulpit of Saturday Night Live ’s opening monologue — or any subsequent skits — to hit back hard at Kanye West , Read More > Other Links From ...
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• Dr. Phil Re-upped Through 2014

  
  Entertainment News: Movies, TV Shows, DVDs, Music - Simple Mistake — Authority: 159
  Dr. Phil will keep making house calls through the 2013-14 TV season. His syndicated talk show, now in its eighth season, has been renewed through its 12th season. Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Oprah Winfrey Dr. Phil Source
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• Californication: Which Woman Will Hank Choose?

  
  Entertainment News: Movies, TV Shows, DVDs, Music - Simple Mistake — Authority: 159
  Californication ’s Hank Moody ( David Duchovny ) has really done it this time. The charming lothario was already in deep: He’s bedded both his teaching assistant ( Diane Farr ) and a student ( Eva Amurri ), and he’s got the prim-and-proper dean’s wife ( Embeth Davidtz ) all hot and bothered. But now, ...
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• Exclusive: NCIS Gets Real U.S. Secretary of the Navy for a Cameo

  
  Entertainment News: Movies, TV Shows, DVDs, Music - Simple Mistake — Authority: 159
  The United States Secretary of the Navy will make a guest appearance on an upcoming episode of NCIS , TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Check out photos of the NCIS cast Secretary Ray Mabus will appear in the Nov. 24 Thanksgiving episode entitled “Child’s Play,” a rep for the show tells us. Mabus ...
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• Exclusive: NCIS Gets Real U.S. Secretary of the Navy for a Cameo

  
  Entertainment News: Movies, TV Shows, DVDs, Music - Simple Mistake — Authority: 159
  The United States Secretary of the Navy will make a guest appearance on an upcoming episode of NCIS , TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Check out photos of the NCIS cast Secretary Ray Mabus will appear in the Nov. 24 Thanksgiving episode entitled “Child’s Play,” a rep for the show tells us. Mabus ...
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• Rihanna Opens Up More on Assault, Chris Brown Calls It a "Private Matter"

  
  Entertainment News: Movies, TV Shows, DVDs, Music - Simple Mistake — Authority: 159
  In the conclusion of her interview with Diane Sawyer, Rihanna said Chris Brown “had no soul in his eyes” during their altercation last February, a moment Brown said should… Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Chris Brown Rihanna Source
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• Rihanna Opens Up More on Assault, Chris Brown Calls It a "Private Matter"

  
  Entertainment News: Movies, TV Shows, DVDs, Music - Simple Mistake — Authority: 159
  In the conclusion of her interview with Diane Sawyer, Rihanna said Chris Brown “had no soul in his eyes” during their altercation last February, a moment Brown said should… Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Chris Brown Rihanna Source
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• Making art in undies

  
  Claudia Olivos and Sergio Olivos — Authority: 116
  Our evites have been sent out for our Annual Open studio! We do hope that you will visit with us then! I remember the first open studio I had...it was about 7 years ago, when the studio was still a garage which never was.... it was full of cabinets full of junk (previous homeowner) which friends and I covered ...
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