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How can I get the source code of XmlDiffPatch library?

I came across the Microsofr.XmlDiffPatch and I would like to check how the Patch algorithm works. I spent sometime searching for the source code of this library, but didn't find anything useful yet. My questions are: Is it possible to obtain this…
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Using open source code in my project

I tried to find the right answer to my question but I couldn't, that's why I am here now. Can I sell the application that I developed but contains some open source libraries? Or do I have to find people that created those libraries and ask them for…
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How can I find projects across multiple open-source code repositories?

There are lots of open-source code repositories - SourceForge, Google Code, Project Kenai, etc. Is there a one-stop place where I can find, discover, or search for open-source projects across all of these repositories? Or do I have to visit all…
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Are there any well-known public web sites which have made their source code publicly available?

I'm just about to rewrite my personal site as a learn-as-you-go project and am thinking of open-sourcing the code (see this question). Are there any examples of large-ish web sites (not desktop applications) which have made their code open-source?…
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Can anyone recommend PHP package for Simple Webmail?

I have a very simple website and would like to build an extremely basic and simple webmail system. Inbox, send message, that's probably it. I was hoping not to build it on my own, but could if it is the easiest option. Can anyone recommend a…
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Porting a Visual C++ project to C#

I got my hands on some well documented C++ code that's about 1KLOC. It would take me a significant amount of time to port this line by line and debug the results, so I'm wondering if there are tools or ways to do it faster, and I have questions in…
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How to import source code in IntelliJ IDE

I have a large application that was built in JDeveloper IDE. The problem was that the whole application has XY-Layout that has been deprecated now. I want to switch whole application to IntelliJ IDEA. Is there anyway to do this? Is IntelliJ IDEA…
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modifying the source code of nginx web server

I want to modify the source code of Nginx (http://nginx.org/download/nginx-0.7.67.tar.gz) so when it serves a file (reads the file from disk) to count the bytes served and store them somewhere (a datababase perhaps) Since I don't understand C that…
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Good Example .Net Open Source Solution Using a Composite UI

I'm learning about composite UIs at the moment and I wondered if anyone could recommend a good open source project that utilises a composite UI that I could take a look at? I've got the Prism framework and have gone through the samples. I'm looking…
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Open source Database to ship with my application

I need open source database that I can ship with my commercial application. It should not have any installation (i.e., no window service and no setup). It can be single user database. It should work in Windows environment and used from Java…
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Are there any open-source code-generation projects out there?

I'm using an in-house code generator in which we supply all the metadata regarding our objects, and it generates our database, and object model including validation logic. Once we load all the data in the database, we use classic ASP <% %> to build…
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Edit non-project files in IntelliJ

I've been trying to edit a non-project file using IntelliJ Community Edition 2016.3, and I cannot get around the write only protection. I do not get a pop-up asking whether I would actually like to edit the non-proj file, as seen in this post:…
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In a pull request to an open source project on githhub, how should the maintainer credit the original author?

I recently made a pull request to an open source repository that I frequently contribute too (one that I am a maintainer too as well), and I got a request from another maintainer to delete all credit to myself as this is an open source project. I'm…
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Measuring Software Popularity

Does anyone have any ideas on measuring the popularity of an open source project? I thought it would be interesting to create a tools which would compare the popularity of similar open source projects. The first metric that came to mind was to…
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Run the makefile

I am trying to run https://github.com/pavanpongle/IoT-Wormhole-IDS. After following README.md and Instructions to run, I understood that I need to use the Makefile. I have properly indented the file which now looks as…
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