Comments on: I want to start helping develop random open source software – where should I start? http://opensourcethis.com/i-want-to-start-helping-develop-random-open-source-software-where-should-i-start.html Open Source Projects, Views and News Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:55:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: 000 http://opensourcethis.com/i-want-to-start-helping-develop-random-open-source-software-where-should-i-start.html#comment-798 000 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:23:59 +0000 http://opensourcethis.com/i-want-to-start-helping-develop-random-open-source-software-where-should-i-start.html#comment-798 Some clarification: "open source" means that ANYONE can view, edit, and use your source code. You should license it under a GNU or GPL license, to make sure no one distributes it without your permission. C++ is a must if you are planning to create powerful software with Java. Some clarification:

“open source” means that ANYONE can view, edit, and use your source code. You should license it under a GNU or GPL license, to make sure no one distributes it without your permission.

C++ is a must if you are planning to create powerful software with Java.

]]> By: James http://opensourcethis.com/i-want-to-start-helping-develop-random-open-source-software-where-should-i-start.html#comment-797 James Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:25:10 +0000 http://opensourcethis.com/i-want-to-start-helping-develop-random-open-source-software-where-should-i-start.html#comment-797 Well Open Source software doesn't really have "tutorials" as it is a programming practice to keep all of your code open and available to anyone. There are some really good web sites I think you might like to look at for more information Free Software Foundation http://www.fsf.org/ SourceForge http://sourceforge.net/ Wikipedia Article about Open Source Software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Opensource.org http://www.opensource.org/ Well Open Source software doesn’t really have “tutorials” as it is a programming practice to keep all of your code open and available to anyone. There are some really good web sites I think you might like to look at for more information

Free Software Foundation
http://www.fsf.org/

SourceForge
http://sourceforge.net/

Wikipedia Article about Open Source Software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

Opensource.org
http://www.opensource.org/

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