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Open Source Software is software for which the source code is available for free. Usually the source code and compiled versions can be used/changed/redistributed with simple restrictions as detailed in the accompanying license. Even though the source code is readily available, some companies like Red Hat charge for support with their product. The Open Source principles can also be applied to concepts besides software.

Open source is a general term that encompasses many different licenses. They all share some common characteristics, though. These include freely available source code, free redistribution, the license cannot be specific to a product - the code must follow the license regardless of implementation, and the license must not restrict the type of licenses that other products distributed with it must use. A more in-depth definition can be seen at the Open Source Initiative site.

Some of the more common open source licenses include:

Some popular open source software packages include:

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Open Source online private SVN

I would like to have a private secure open-source SVN configured for a minor project with a collaborator. Googling gave me http://unfuddle.com/about/tour/plans http://www.xp-dev.com/pricing http://www.projectlocker.com/ What are my options?
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Open Source Image Hosting or File Sharing website in ASP.NET

I would like to know if there are any free open source or paid software for hosting images (like tinypic.com imageshack.us) or file sharing (4shared.com or rapidshare.com) developed in ASP.NET. And If I have to develop the same, how do I remove the…
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microsoft assessment and planning toolkit alternatives

Are there any open source tools which give similar reporting for Linux/Solaris/Unix/Windows?
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Workstation virtualization on workstation host

Problem exposition I am a system administrator in our company, and I am currently researching a possible solution for more stable workflow in a our company. Our company is a chain of hundreds general goods stores. We have mostly less educated…
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Cannot connect to amqp://guest:**@127.0.0.1:5672//: [Errno 111] Connection refused

I am trying to deploy an open-source document management system via docker image, so i followed all instructions laid out on google's "Deploying a containerized web application" tutorial. But am getting errors on two stages. When i try to run my…
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What are the options for open source Mobile VPN solution?

I looking for open source mobile VPN solutions. Not regular VPN solutions like OpenVPN. My need is that VPN tunnel should not get disrupted when endpoint switches networks (aka when moved from wired n/w to wireless). I had faced this issue with…
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Does Windows Server 2012 R2 Come With A Proxy Serer?

I'm doing a test project in an attempt to learn how proxy servers work within the Windows 2012 Server R2 environment. Is there a built-in solution within the software itself? If not, what are some good open-source alternatives?
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Open Source Monitoring for Windows

There is a fantastic overview of monitoring solutions here: What tool do you use to monitor your servers? Strikingly, none of the options seem to be: Open Source Windows-only (not Linux installs with Windows agents) Robust (there are a few Windows…
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Good open source mailserver for linux

I'm looking for a good open source Linux mailserver for a small (internet) company. Which is still updated frequently. I'm developing the website with PHP and MySQL if that's important. Anybody any idea(s)? Thanks
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Open source alternatives to sales force

Is there any open source web application similar in features and operation to salesforce.com?
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Programs and tool to scan open source software for vulnerabilities?

Since my business uses a lot of open source software I was wondering if there was a way to scan for vulnerabilities in the code before we either compile it, ./configure, make etc... Or as scripting languages for either web servies for to run on…
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What to do unused servers

Since I have an application that is growing and i run on hardware I always have a few extra servers sitting around and want to find away to donate them. I am famulaure with folding@Home but maybe there are some less popular projects that could use…
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Paperless Environment

my company is planning to go for paperless, what free open source software do I need to help pull it off? All suggestions are welcome, We all ready have citrix cloud stack on premise if that helps.
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Security Management

I have/am selected/considering PeerGuardian as my open-source system management application and I am trying to look into SECURITY MANAGEMENT ASPECTS of PeerGuardian. I'm looking into the research areas of reliability & relevant sources of…
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Microsoft Exchange, which alternatives?

is there anyone who knows (or has had experience) with alternatives to Microsoft Exchange? I'm looking for a solution more cheaper (or free) that can be installed on Windows servers. Ideally, an open source mail servers that also exposes…
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