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SourceForge |
Savannah |
BerliOS |
freepository |
Asynchrony |
sunsite.dk |
Icculus.org
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| Organisation |
VA Software Corporation |
Free Software Foundation |
Berlios Team - employees from FOKUS |
Run by John Minnihan |
Asynchrony.com Inc. |
Sunsite, sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc., Aalborg University, and others |
Run by Ryan Gordon, former Loki employee
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| No. of Projects, excluding mirrors (From 5 Mar 03, Regardless of activities) |
57,590 |
1,468 |
554 |
over 2,500 |
1,761 |
85 |
42
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| No. of Members (From 5 Mar 03, Regardless of activities) |
578,874 |
14,559 |
3,178 |
Unkown |
32,338 |
Unknown |
Unknown
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Project Tools - Tools for Public/Developers
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SourceForge |
Savannah |
BerliOS |
freepository |
Asynchrony |
sunsite.dk |
Icculus.org
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| Standardized Format for General Information |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Project Homepage |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes
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| Role Management (Admin/Developer) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Statistics |
Project activity, net traffic, comparative stat. |
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Project activity, net traffic, comparative stat. |
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Yes |
net traffic only |
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| File Releases |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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| FTP |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes
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| CVS |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Additional Web-based CVS management tool |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes
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| Mailing List |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Ezmlm, Mail Filtering |
Yes
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| Forum |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Project News |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Tracker |
Bug / Support / Patch / Feature / Task / Task Dependency |
Bug / Support / Patch / Task |
Bug / Support / Patch / Task |
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Project Change Request / Task |
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Bugzilla
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| IRC |
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Yes |
Yes |
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| Document Management |
DocManager |
FAQ |
DocManager |
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| Screenshots |
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Yes |
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| Wiki |
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Yes |
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| Usenet |
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Yes |
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| webmail |
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Internal |
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Yes
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| Surveys |
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Yes |
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Project Tools - Tools for Administrators
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SourceForge |
Savannah |
BerliOS |
freepository |
Asynchrony |
sunsite.dk |
Icculus.org
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| Management for Public Tools |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Ask for Help |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Activity History |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Web Server-Side Scripts |
PHP3 and 4 |
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PHP3 |
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SSI, PHP, Java(clients), JSP, other CGI on approval |
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| Shell |
Yes |
only some people have it |
Yes |
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Yes
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| Database |
MySQL |
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MySQL |
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MySQL |
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| Compile Farm |
Yes |
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Personal Page for Developers
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SourceForge |
Savannah |
BerliOS |
freepository |
Asynchrony |
sunsite.dk |
Icculus.org
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| Skill and Experience |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Forum/File monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Projects Involved |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Assigned/Submitted issues from multiple Tracker Lists |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Diary |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Bookmark |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Survey |
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Yes |
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| Money Earned |
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Yes |
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| Web Space to Host Other Personal Information |
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Yes
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Community Tools
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SourceForge |
Savannah |
BerliOS |
freepository |
Asynchrony |
sunsite.dk |
Icculus.org
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| Access |
Public |
Public |
Public |
No community tools |
Only for registered members |
Public |
Public
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| Search Project |
Keyword |
Keyword |
Keyword |
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Type / Status / Keyword / Various Date with sorting preferences |
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| Search People |
Keyword |
Keyword |
Keyword |
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Name / Skill / Rating |
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| Project Listing at Front Page |
Most Active / Top Download |
Newest GNU / non-GNU / www.gnu.org projects |
Top download / Most active / Newest |
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New / Top / Need Beta Testers / Completed |
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Selected Projects
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| Classification |
Topics |
GNU and non-GNU |
Topics |
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Just a single list of projects |
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| Latest News |
On new releases |
On new releases |
On new releases |
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On site changes and company businesses |
On server status |
On new releases
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| Help Wanted |
Yes |
Yes (Front page) |
Yes |
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Yes (searchable) |
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| Other Features |
Advertisements bar from customers |
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Opinion Polls |
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General Discussion Area (System / Technical / Projects) |
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Chat with support |
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SkillDrill (External company for skill certification) |
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List of Personal web sites
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List of Miscellanenous web sites
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| |
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Call for Donation & Credits for Donation
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Server Management
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| |
SourceForge |
Savannah |
BerliOS |
freepository |
Asynchrony |
sunsite.dk |
Icculus.org
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| Virtual Hosting |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Security |
SSH (RSA 1 & 2, Recommended 2), SSL on web |
SSH (RSA 1), SSL on web |
SSH (RSA 1 & 2), SSL on web |
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SSH, SSL |
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SSH, SSL
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| Backup |
Explicit backup policy (5 type of data, daily) |
Unknown policy |
Unknown policy |
Unknown policy |
Unknown policy |
Daily |
Unknown policy
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| Software for Web Interface of FOSPHost |
SourceForge |
Code based on SourceForge v2.0 |
Code based on SourceForge v1.5 |
Login, Adding/Deleting directories/files, members management |
Developed by Asynchrony |
Perhaps ?Nuke |
Just a few html pages
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| License of Web Interface |
GPL (but download files not found and no CVS on 24/2/03 and a few other times) |
GPL |
GPL |
GPL |
Proprietary |
Unknown |
Probable no need for a license
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Others
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SourceForge |
Savannah |
BerliOS |
freepository |
Asynchrony |
sunsite.dk |
Icculus.org
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| Policies |
Free/Open Source Projects |
GPL compatible licenses, GNU and non-GNU |
Free/Open Source Projects |
No restriction, Donation Encouraged |
Both Proprietary and Open Source |
Free/Open Source Projects |
No explicit policy, but assume Free/Open Source projects
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The expressed purpose of advancing Free Software |
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Completed project can generate cash to contributors |
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Emphasis on Money/Rating (sophicated calucations for projects and members for sharing cash |
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Data Preservation - contributors own the code but it will cannot be deleted from the site |
Free Software/Rights to Code |
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Asynchrony owns the code |
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No dependencies to non Free Software |
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No GIF files |
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No revenue-generating Advertisements |
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No Commercial ads and/or banners. |
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Content must be legal |
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Satisfy Danish law. |
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Must use visible re-direction to external sites |
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Policy negotiable, Tools negotiable |
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Willing to adapt to individual needs |
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Must be in English or Danish |
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| Additional Services from sites in the same organisation |
Part of OSDN (Open Source Development Network) network with Slashdot, NewsForge, etc |
FSF Related topics and philosophies |
Other services assist Open Source Business development such as SourceAgency and DevCounter |
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Some Documentations and Interfaces have European translations other than English |
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