It's what programmers make, and what software is made out of. It is writen in many languages; C++, Basic, java, perl, python, Ruby, php, shell scripting to name a few.
Like the works of an author, code is automatically copywritten, and the creator has the right to allow, or dis-allow use of the material, by attaching restrictions and/or terms of use. Open Source refers to a license that grants almost unlimited use; to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute. What's the catch ? To comply with the most common open source licensing terms (GPL) you can do anyhing you like with the material, but if you change it, and then re-distribute it, you must make your source code freely available, for others to copy, modify, sell, whatever, under the same terms.
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Submitted by djp on Tue, 2008-08-05 14:37.
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Mixxx is an open source DJ tool designed for both professional and amateur DJs alike. Mixxx allows DJs to mix music live with a clean, simple interface. Futhermore, Mixxx has a number of key features to help DJs in the mix: Beat estimation, parallel visual displays, and support for various DJ hardware controllers.
The developers of this software are getting together to celebrate first major update in more then a year.
Join them to meet, eat, and scratch out some beats to celebrate the newest release of the world's best free DJ software: Mixxx 1.6.0!
Submitted by djp on Tue, 2008-08-05 14:18.
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Lisp (or LISP) is a family of computer programming languages with a long history and a distinctive, fully parenthesized syntax. Users of this venerable language will be gathering at linuxcaffe on Thursday (Aug 7th) to exchange ideas and hack around.
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Submitted by djp on Thu, 2008-04-24 15:38.
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The community-based linux distribution, Fedora, is about to release version 9, and developers and enthusiasts will be having a get-together at linuxcaffe, to celebrate. Fedora is the free and open development branch of Red Hat, and it's really really good ! The party is open to anyone, so come on down and share in the revelry.
Submitted by djp on Fri, 2007-11-16 11:29.
Just for the fun of it, we've been playing with IRC bots.
Don't worry, these ones are tame, and not the sort that go out and infest Windows machines to send a bajillion spams. These ones can do important and useful things, like play Russian roulette and insult each other ! If you want to see what I'm going on about, fire up an IRC client, or just use ours, from the "chat" page.
Submitted by djp on Thu, 2007-11-15 14:05.
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The OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) is a wonderful little computer that is being deployed around the planet to give under-privileged kids a chance at the connected world.
A Game Jam is where games developers gather for an intensive session to go from concept to product, in a very short time frame.
If you like games development, programing in python, or just think it might be fun to find out more about what makes this unique hardware platform tick, c'mon down.
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Submitted by djp on Sat, 2007-09-22 18:41.
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Ardour is a linux-based Digital Audio Workstation capable of professional-grade multi-track recording and post-production.
Submitted by djp on Fri, 2007-04-20 08:35.
Two major linux releases came out last week, and we have them both available for burning;
After two years of development, Debian (the base of many fine distributions) released version 4.0, known as "Etch". The release was accompanied by a handful if new install disks, including the uber-potent multi-architecture net-installer.
Submitted by jimnto on Sun, 2007-01-14 11:04.
Linux is tough! depends on your distro, your kernel, you blah blah - I have apache running and I can create pages when on the machine (maybe as root I can't even remember). Obviously _ i want to stop that. i would like access to some user directories that can be serve web pages to upload html files and eventually run some scripts ( that I would have to rip-off at my knowledge level).
Were you to reply - please start at the broad steps and move to more detail - or my head might explode.
Thanks
jim Nielsen
Submitted by jimnto on Sun, 2007-01-14 10:59.
I get lots of oops errors. reading 'man vsftpd.conf' doesn;t have enoough oomph to get me going. Presently I disabled running vsftpd in xinetd but I am unable to bind listening in ipv4.
jimnielsen.com if interested. It is wide friggin open.
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