spark source code

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Spark 2.5.3 (Windows)

Spark is a full-featured instant messaging IM and groupchat client that uses the XMPP protocol. The Spark source code is governed by the GNU Lesser General Public License LGPL, which can be found in the LICENSE.html file in this distribution. Spark also contains Open Source software from third-parties. Licensing terms...

Tags: Jive Software, Spark Source Code, Instant Messaging, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Internet, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-06-06

Additional Resources

Stallman admits GPL flawed, proprietary licensing needed to pay for MySQL development

You really believe that?Look at Red Hat. $5.1 Bln market cap and they're not making *any* money with free software? There is plenty of money out there for consulting services and support. Just ask IBM.Proprietary software is not religion.The problem with Sun was that they couldn't commit either...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Websters, MySQL, GPL, Stallman

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Spring Design debuts Google Android-based e-book reader, Alex

Myself, I do not even want a separate device, no matter how cheap. AND, I want to be able to read my books on any of my devices, such as smart phone, netbook, or desktop.ExactlyI would like to read my eStuff on my desktop, laptop or any other device. I...

Tags: E-books, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Google Android, Google Inc., e-book Reader, e-book, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Using selfishness to put crowds to work for you

Using selfishness to put crowds to work for youGood griefHave we become this ignorant where the concept of Adam Smith's invisible hand is counter-intuitive and surprising?No wonder we've elected a freaking marxist as president.Code without good documentation has difficulty reaching critical massWhile some simple utilities can get by without documentation,...

Tags: Wiki, Investment, Self-Interest, good documentation, selfishness

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

What does open source community mean?

What does open source community mean?Too much thought on companies.......not enough on individual efforts. I think some folk get too caught up in the business aspect of it all and forget the root. I use plenty of FOSS tools that are backed by no large corporate entity. They may sometimes...

Tags: open source, F/OSS, developer, open-source community, joy

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense

IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes senseRE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes senseMs X Yahoo Version 3.0?Exciting!Wow! This sounds like a great combination. I hope it happens.I don't get it.Lots of blathering about open source, but the thing about open source is that...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., potential purchase, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Wordcamp 2008

In the quiet flats of University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus, bloggers, thinkers, journalists, developers, and inventors melt together for a full day of lectures and learning. The goal of Wordcamp 2008 is to figure out the future of publishing on the web. ...

Tags: Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, Plug-in, Automattic, Wordcamp, Mullenweg 3:00, BuddyPress, Discovery Channel, Al Upton, ChickSpeak, ScholarPress, Netconcepts, Post Title, Akismet, Virality, Diso, Compliment Spam, Monotone, Prologue, GigaOm Daily, Gigalogue, Comments Screen, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-16

Apple WWDC to mark the iPhone SDK's new developer halo

Now that Leopard and the iPhone have shipped, Apple is dividing its annual developer conference into 3 tracks: iPhone, Macintosh and IT, which means fitting the first two into the enterprise. No doubt, developers that are new to Apple will be there for some serious learning on the Mac...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Apple Macintosh, Mobile, SDK, Apple Inc., Integration, Desktops, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-13

Mozilla pumps $3M into Thunderbird spin-off

The open-source Mozilla Foundation is putting up $3 million to fund a new subsidiary to manage the Thunderbird e-mail initiative. The new company will be led by David Ascher, who joins Mozilla from ActiveState where he last worked as CTO and vice president of engineering. ...

Tags: Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Corp., E-mail, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-09-18

Have any favorite open source Windows apps? Tell us!

Have any favorite open source Windows apps? Tell us!Primo PDF is NOT open sourceIt's not open source, you can't download the code whatsoever. The license even forbids this explicitly. Free != Open SourcePrimo PDFWe have been installing PrimoPDF on all the computers here at work for the users that do...

Tags: Instant messaging, Operating systems, Paint.net, Microsoft Windows, open source, Hyperic HQ, IM, IM client, server, PRIMO PDF

Discussion threads 2007-07-24

Microsoft establishes more anti-GPLv3 precautions

Microsoft establishes more anti-GPLv3 precautionsBlog title misleadingWhy, oh why, Mary Jo, do you insist on calling your blog an "unbiased eye" on Microsoft when all it is is a "jaundiced eye" on Microsoft.Microsoft takes steps to clarify their agreements with Linux vendors after GPLv3 is released suddenly becomes Microsoft scrambling/running/the...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, CONVEYANCE, Microsoft Corp., GPL-3, GPLv3

Discussion threads 2007-07-18

OSI to defend open source definition aggressively

OSI to defend open source definition aggressivelyProps, DanaI don't read Tiemann's piece as "ripping you a new one" at all. Seems to me he's giving you credit for pointing out a problem. Put another way, you're the messenger.On the other hand, "aggressive defense" with no teeth is very...

Tags: Centric CRM, open source, OSI, Dana

Discussion threads 2007-06-21

Should you switch your biz to Google's e-mail domain hosting service? We did

As the acting CIO of my own small business (Mass Events Labs, Inc.), I have to make real decisions regarding IT -- often weighing the pros and cons of one approach against those of other approaches -- and then having to live with those decisions. Mass Events Labs is an...

Tags: Web technology, Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-04-03

Vista's actual launch? Think whisper, not bang

Vista's actual launch? Think whisper, not bangMicrosoft eat your heart out !!!For all those who are looking to jump from Microsoft's ship and don't know which way to swim , Navigate this way (http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/01/9391/) and see how easy it is to install Debian over the internet . Microsoft isn't going...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, actual launch, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-30

Ready for open source journalism?

Ready for open source journalism?OS methodsOpen Source methods are used by the terrorists Al Qaeeda and other terrorist organisations.To fight for people's freedom, the war is fought by closed source methods.Based on how OSS guys have a way of generalizing, I'll returning their favor'Open Source destroys. It creates nothing good.'Uh...

Tags: Open Source Methods, Non-Profit, Wiki, open source, Jay

Discussion threads 2006-07-27

Hey, where's my applications app, dude?

The breadth but not depth issue on Internet information I've been on about this week has an interesting parallel in open source development. Look at either freshmeat or sourceforge and you see an incredible variety of projects including several thousand offering real, downloadable, and immediately useful applications. In addition to...

Tags: data definition, open source

Blog posts 2006-07-12

Who's killing the software industry the fastest?

Who's killing the software industry the fastest?Open Source is license killer, but SOA spurs competenceBoth are disruptive, but they have very different effects:- OSS severely threatens the license revenue stream, changing the business model to use only services- SOA removes vendor lock-ins, increasing competenceOSS may indeed be a software vendor...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Tools & Techniques, Web services, Enterprise software, eBay Inc., software, SOA, OSS

Discussion threads 2006-02-01

Holding back innovation

Holding back innovationRe: Software patentsThis is a topic which in my opinion will for a long time spark very serious debate. I tend to agree that the immense proliferation of software patents has the potential to bring the world as we know it to its knees. Serious strides have been...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, European Patent Office, patent, software, innovation

Discussion threads 2005-07-29

Sun's Schwartz living a Linux nightmare

Sun's Schwartz living a Linux nightmareThe point is moot..Solaris and Linux will merge into one huge piece of garbage. I am sitting here, lord over my Windows Server 2003 infrastrucutre, watching MOM 2005 fire off alerts all day long. I have MCSE's working like clockwork fixing everything all day long....

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, StarOffice, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Schwartz, Unix

Discussion threads 2004-09-07

NetSky variants spark search for code

NetSky variants spark search for codeDoes not make it rightIf you know something is wrong, why do it.Also, what you reap you will sow.Geeeee!! whats the differance.............if its a big corperation doing it and if its a virus writer seting in his basement? Oh i forgot its legal for a...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, virus, Netsky virus

Discussion threads 2004-03-12