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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “open source”

 

• Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix/Courier/MySQL/SquirrelMail (CentOS 6.2)

  
  Open Source Pixels — Authority: 138
  This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I’ll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier, so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. The ...
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• HTC announces fix for Android Wi-Fi security flaw

  
  Open Source Pixels — Authority: 138
  HTC announced a fix for a vulnerability that lets hackers view and access Wi-Fi security information on nine of its Android phones. The fix is available via an automatic software upgrade, though some users will have to update manually….
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• Defunct email service offers handhelds to hackers

  
  Open Source Pixels — Authority: 138
  Peek has discontinued its low-cost, email-and-texting service but is challenging hackers to & build something great& with the leftover handhelds, according to The Verge. The Peek devices include a 2.5-inch screen, a QWERTY keyboard, an ARM7-based processor, and a GSM cellular modem, according to the ...
  5 hours ago

• PCLinuxOS KDE 2012.02 Has Been Officially Released

  
  Open Source Pixels — Authority: 138
  The PCLinuxOS KDE and KDE MiniME 2012.02 operating systems have been released today, February 2nd, and are now available for download.
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• Qt SDK 1.2 Released

  
  dzone.com: latest front page — Authority: 147
  This Qt SDK 1.2 update sets a new baseline for the developers for a longer perspective. Some of the features have already been available as online updates, but Qt SDK 1.2 now integrates the very latest tools, most recent mobile build targets for Symbian and Nokia N9, and the still fresh Qt 4.8 for desktops. Developers ...
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• 70% faster Database Server - CUBRID 8.4.1 is now available for download

  
  dzone.com: latest front page — Authority: 147
  CUBRID Team has put a lot of efforts on improving its popular database server. The new 8.4.1 version, released yesterday, is 70% faster then its predecessor, more stable, and provides more SQL compatibility with MySQL. This official announcement also provides performance test results obtained from QA Completion Report.
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• Auto Prepend and Append PHP Files using htaccess

  
  dzone.com: latest front page — Authority: 147
  This article is about to explain the trick to auto append and prepend the php file using htaccess file. Surprised?
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• Choosing Between Vaadin and JSF

  
  dzone.com: latest front page — Authority: 147
  I had the opportunity to create a Proof of Concept (PoC) to compare JSF and Vaadin in order to help developers and architects to decide between one of them.The result of the PoC was surprisingly interesting :)
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• Firefox 10 Released

  
  My Personal Blog — Authority: 114
  Its February 1 and a new major release of Firefox has just been released. Firefox has now reached version 10. Its now available from auto-update mechanism that was built in into the product itself. If you happened to use a package from your Linux distribution, an update will come out soon enough since many packager ...
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• Spring Data – Part 3: MongoDB

  
  dzone.com: latest front page — Authority: 147
  The 3rd part of my blog post series on the Spring Data project deals with MongoDB. Upcoming posts will cover Spring Data Neo4j and Spring Data GermFire.
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• The Tablet That Every Linux Lover Has Been Waiting For [Tablets]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 863
  While most people just want their devices to work so that they can do stuff , some people love tinkering with operating systems. Until now, the tablet sectors been ripe for hacking, but there hasnt been anything thats truly open-source and easy to fiddle with from the get-go. This Spark tablet puts that straight. ...
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• Clone Repetition Http://www.scriptlance.com/projects/13131

  
  Get a Freelance Job — Authority: 154
  Hi, I’ve seen you have make this project clone of dsw.com. can you send me link to new Page. I need same solution for online store. I can in admin and FrontPage change language.I need German lanquage. is that with mysql database? which open source project you use for this solution(magento or mabo-joomla or ...
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• HTML5 Web Database Implementation: HTML5SQL

  
  Open Source Resources for Designers & Developers | Greepit.com — Authority: 111
  html5sql is a light JavaScript module that makes working with the HTML5 Web Database a whole lot easier. Its primary function is to provides a structure for the SEQUENTIAL processing of SQL statements within a single transaction. This alone greatly simplifies the interaction with the database however it ...
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• Meet Spark, the €200 slate packing Linux-based Plasma Active UX

  
  Engadget — Authority: 850
  As we all know, the Kindle Fires hot , Apples selling bushels of iPads , and theres plenty of Honeycomb slates out there for you to choose from, but what if you want a tablet free from corporate influence? Enter Spark, a seven-inch slate that comes running the Plasma Active UX, an open-source OS based on Linux ...
  2 days ago

• Brian Hernacki, webOS chief architect, leaves HP

  
  bigBrains.com — Authority: 147
  The Verge has learned that HP’s Brian Hernacki, who most recently has served as chief architect for webOS, has left the company. Though he’d never been a public face of the product the same way big names like Jon Rubinstein or Matias Duarte had been, Hernacki’s departure seems to leave another relatively ...
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• Typo3 Extension That Connects Razuna Dam To Typo3

  
  Get a Freelance Job — Authority: 154
  We want a TYPO3 extension (open source) that makes it possible to use Razuna as Digital Asset Management (DAM) system in Typo3. We currently use Typo3 DAM, but it can’t live up to our demands for a centralized media repository with images, videos, audio like Razuna. Requirements: The TYPO3 Extension should ...
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• $270 Spark Linux tablet is powered by KDE Active Plasma

  
  Apple counting milestone of 10 billion apps downloaded from App Store — Authority: 127
  $270 Spark Linux tablet is powered by (and generates funds for) KDE Active Plasma You’ve got a ton of choices right now if you’ve started shopping for the perfect tablet to meet your needs. But which one do you pick? Should you stick with a big brand name? What if you’re a staunch supporter of free, open ...
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• Zorp V-3.9.3 release

  
  Security List Network — Authority: 106
  Zorp is a proxy firewall suite with its core architecture is built around today’s security demands: it uses application level proxies, is modular and component based, uses a script language to describe policy decisions, makes it possible to monitor encrypted traffic, lets you override client actions, and lets you ...
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• About Orchard Governance and Microsoft

  
  Tales from the Evil Empire — Authority: 426
  Back in September, we did something with Orchard that is kind of a big deal: we transferred control over the Orchard project to the community. Most Open Source projects that were initiated by corporations such as Microsoft are nowadays still governed by that corporation. They may have an open license, they may take ...
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• KRaptor a Raptor free software (open source) arcade game clone for GNU / Linux

  
  Walking in Light with Christ — Authority: 113
  Kraptor is another Raptor Shadow of Death free software, open source clone arcade game for GNU/Linux, DOS and Windows (98, XP etc.) . The game is not under active development anymore since 2004. Kraptor features a powerful engine for creating quickly 2D shooter games, so the game should be a good learning ...
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