GPL Project Watch List for Week of 11/23

The GPL v3 Watch List is intended to give you a snapshot of the GPLv3/LGPLv3 adoption for November 17th through November 23rd, 2007.

November - Happy Thanksgiving
As of November 23rd, our database contained 1172 GPL v3 Projects, which is an increase of 21 new GPL v3 Projects since last weeks figure of 1151 GPL v3 projects. This is much lower than the weekly average of approximately 50 new projects, but we suspect it might just be from all the tryptophan from those Thanksgiving turkeys. Our LGPL v3 count is still at 95 LGPL v3 projects and our GPL v2 or later list has grown to 6119 GPL v2 or later projects.





















New project conversions this week include:

• PKSV: (Pokemon Script Viewer) is a small program used to decompile, edit and compile scripts in Pokemon Advance ROMs.
• TOCD tools: Content management and build tools for TheOpenCD and other OpenSource/OpenContent collections on CD/DVD.
• SGENG: Nearly fully AJAXed and XMLed CMS. Fast and easy site creation with later content, news, users management. Accounting, commenting, tabs, simple BB-codes, news and searching systems.

In the News
SourceForge exec on the open source breeding ground
With more staff, improvements to its website, new infrastructure and an increased enterprise
take-up of open source, it's full steam ahead.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1977051721;fp;4;fpid;1968336438


Notable Mention
Palamida actively takes submissions from visitors on updates on new GPL v3/LGPL 3 projects. We are amazed at the number of submissions we have gotten to date, but even more so, we are incredibly grateful to the almost 100 core contributors who have devoted their time and resources at helping us provide up-to-date information.

Happy Holidays!

Ernest Park

GPL Project Watch List for Week of 11/16

The GPL v3 Watch List is intended to give you a snapshot of the GPLv3/LGPLv3 adoption for November 10th through November 16th, 2007.


November - Happy Early Thanksgiving
Since many people will be off next week, we would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving early. But onto non-food related issues, as of November 16th 4pm PST, our list has grown to 1151 GPL v3 projects, which is a growth of 56 new GPL v3 projects from last week. Our LGPL v3 count has increased by 1 project, bringing the current count to 95 LGPL v3 projects. The GPL v2 or later list has also passed a large milestone of 6000 GPL v2 or later projects. Over the last week, 76 new GPL v2 or later projects have been added, bringing the count to 6034 GPL v2 or later projects.


We would also like to ask for more community support in maintaining the accuracy of our database. As our database becomes larger, community support would be highly appreciated in updating our entries. We are asking that developers help us verify their project's information, such as a simple "thumbs ups" on our current information. We also would like to thank those who have already done so and have contributed to our database, especially to contributors like Davide Prina who has made 44 entries alone.

















New project conversions this week include:

• Editeur D&amp: (Dungeon & Dragon editor) is a free software made to help Game Masters of Dungeon & Dragon, to create, edit and play their campaigns. This software isn't a game, it's a tool to help you playing.
• U2B Downloader: a GUI software to download videos from youtube.com in flash video format (flv) and optionally convert them to mpeg. It's fast and simple to use.
• GPB Backup Solution: a powerful backup solution that uses Bash Shell Scripting, rsync and SSH to create incremental backups of your data. GPB is intended for system administrators that need a powerful, open source, reliable backup solution.

In the News
Microsoft's Bill Hilf Reveals Its Open Source Strategy
The man in charge of Microsoft's strategy for living in harmony with Linux lays out
the company's opportunities with open source and the open source business model.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=203100965


Notable Mention
Palamida actively takes submissions from visitors on updates on new GPL v3/LGPL 3 projects. We are amazed at the number of submissions we have gotten to date, but even more so, we are incredibly grateful to over 100 core contributors who have devoted their time and resources at helping us provide up-to-date information.


Thanks to everyone,

Ernest Park

GPL Project Watch List for the Week of 11/09/07

The GPL v3 Watch List is intended to give you a snapshot of the GPLv3/LGPLv3 adoption for November 2nd through November 9th, 2007.

November - Fall Back 1 hour
We are now a week into November and the GPL v3 list continues to grow past 1000 projects. As of 4:30 pm PST, our database contained

1095 GPL v3 projects, as compared to 1045 GPL v3 projects on November 2nd. This is a growth of 50 new projects , which is consistent with past growth of approximately 50 projects per week. The LGPL v3 list has also increased, bringing the current total to 94 LGPL v3 projects, with 10 new LGPL v3 projects added to the database over the past week. Lastly, the GPL v2 or later count is now at 5958

GPL v2 or later projects, up 56 projects from November 2nd.

New project conversions this week include:

• AutoWikiBrowser: semi-automated Wikipedia editor, designed to make tedious, repetitive tasks quicker and easier.
• ssh-grid: uses openssh, ruby, gtk to achieve grid computing across Internet with ssh keys. It distributes computation on direct nodes as well as nodes behind gateways.
• RDict: a tiny desktop hyper-dictionary (each word links to its own definition) that can be used to access the GCIDE ~(Webster). Regular expressions are permitted. It uses Hpricot and FXRuby.

In the News
Perens urges firms to go open source
Many companies could successfully partake in open source projects without adversely affecting their business, according to open source activist Bruce Perens.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2203142/companies-should-share-software


Notable Mention
Palamida actively takes submissions from visitors on updates on new GPL v3/LGPL 3 projects. We are amazed at the number of submissions we have gotten to date, but even more so, we are incredibly grateful to the almost 100 core contributors who have devoted their time and resources at helping us provide up-to-date information.

Ernest Park

GPL Project Watch List for the Week of 11/02/07

The GPL v3 Watch List is intended to give you a snapshot of the GPLv3/LGPLv3 adoption for October 26th through November 2nd, 2007.


Into November - Happy Halloween!


Last week, at the end of October, we hit a large milestone of 1000 projects. We appreciate all the support and help from the community members who helped keep our list up to date, and look forward to assistance in hitting the next large milestone of 2000 projects. As of November 1st, 45 new GPL v3 projects have been added to our database, bringing our count to 1045 GPL v3 projects, as compared to last weeks number of 1000 GPL v3 projects. The LGPL v3 numbers have been stagnant at 83 LGPL v3 projects and our GPL v2 or later list is currently at 5902 GPL v2 or later projects.

New project conversions this week include:

SugarMemo: a learning tool that can enhance the memorizing of your foreign language(s).

Open GTChat: SourceForge.net is introducing a new feature that will let you buy or sell services for Open Source projects right from the site.

Marva: a Web application for the administration of LETS (Local Exchange and Trading System) groups. It has support for contact information and offer and demand and transactions.


In the News Survey:


Open source gaining traction in U.S. governmentMore than half of all U.S. government executives have rolled out open-source software at their agencies, and 71% believe their agency can benefit from the software, according to a survey released Thursday.



Notable Mention


Palamida actively takes submissions from visitors on updates on new GPL v3/LGPL 3 projects. We are amazed at the number of submissions we have gotten to date, but even more so, we are incredibly grateful to the more than 100 core contributors who have devoted their time and resources at helping us provide up-to-date information.




See you at 2000.


Happy Halloween from the Research Team!