Software for which the source code is published publicly and which can be changed by users.
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MySQL and PostgreSQL licence issue
Our company wants to use MySQL for one software product, and our product is not open-source. Is it legal to use it freely?
If not, how about PostgreSQL? Is this okay for our purpose?
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What does it mean to “open the platform”
Sorry for asking such a simple question, but what does it mean to opensource a platform?
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Open-source pirates
Are there any well-known cases of open source piracy?
By that I mean cases where a developer releases their project with an open source license and someone else takes their product and markets it ...
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How do I ask help and search people for contribution for my git/open source project
I am basically involved in wordpress site development but a self starter for rails. I want to transform my idea into a rail app and I am contributing it on git(at a very initial level this time), but ...
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Could anyone recommend a popular and highly supported open source ERP system?
Our business is currently growing and we're beginning to feel the need for an ERP system. After looking around it seems there are an overwhelming amount of options and its tough to weed out the good ...
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Release project as open source 'half done'
In the words of Scott Burnham, in 14 ways to get hacked, rule number 7. 'Release your work half done', I have a project that requires the 'iron to be struck whilst its hot' so to speak, but I don't ...
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Work-for-hire Question in relation to Open Source Project
I'm building my own Q&A community based on open source software that is governed by the GNU General Public License. So far I have been outsourcing the development to different programmers, but it ...
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How do I create a blog aggregator?
A music blog aggregator to be specific, similar to Hypem.com, I wish I could customize Hypem.com with my own list of music blogs, but since I cant I was wondering how much work would it entail in me ...
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Is it OK to begin with OSS licensed code and then since the business plan has some uniqueness rewrite it later?
My company now a sole-proprieter at this point is for many years coming up with a business plan and modifying it. All along developers tried to do and complete the project but they could not handle ...
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Doubt on open source
Ok. I have started to port an open source project from Linux to Windows.
My doubt is, can i sell it for money after porting to windows? is it ethical?
