Anyone here familiar with SourceForge.Net?

[maikeru-sama]

I had a few questions as I just submitted a project but it is going to take 3 days or so to get approved.

I had a few questions about it.

Also, if I am not suppose to be mentioning other websites, please delete this.

[dclamp]

well what is your question?

[maikeru-sama]

When my project finally gets approved:

Can I have 2 links on my page
1) One for the application
2) One for the actual source code

Also, When they speak of "open source", does that only mean sharing your source code, or does it mean other things.

[dclamp]

sure you can have both. and open source would be that the source is open for everyone

[maikeru-sama]

sure you can have both. and open source would be that the source is open for everyone

Thanks for the response.

I know some developers that have projects on SourceForge, but they only provide the application and not the code, so I am somewhat confused.

I am thinking that "open source" doesn't necessarily just mean that you have to show your source code. I am thinking another form of it could just many anyone can use your application.

Would that be correct?

[penagate]

I know some developers that have projects on SourceForge, but they only provide the application and not the code, so I am somewhat confused.
SourceForge provides teams with both a home page and a project page.
For example:
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/ — Home page
http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/ — SourceForge project page

The project page gives you access to the source code, forums, bug tracker, and so on. You can also access the source code of any project using a Subversion client.


I am thinking that "open source" doesn't necessarily just mean that you have to show your source code.
Correct. In fact, it has a stronger definition than that. See 'The Open Source Definition (http://opensource.org/docs/osd)'.

[maikeru-sama]

Penagate, thanks for those links. That project is exactly how I want mine to look eventually.

[maikeru-sama]

My project has finally been approved.

As usual, I am a little confused about:
1) How to upload my source code
2) How to upload my exe for download

I read about CVS and SVN, but there is only 1 developer in the project. Do I have to use those tools to upload 1-2 or is there another way?

I will continue to read more documentation on their site, but at this point, I am not sure what to do. I would prefer to do it the best way (like Notepad++ project), but I heard there can be some issues with CVS (Subversion) and VS.Net 2005.

[maikeru-sama]

Please disregard the previous post.

I have figured everything out, although I am having some issues uploading files.