Welcome to cfopen's InstantSpot
This spot will serve as a news/info outlet for the cfopen initiative. Eventually, there will be site established but this spot will continue to serve a purpose in the distribution of information related to open source CF applications/tags/etc as well as open source CFML processing engines.
MISSION: Spread information, enable developers, encourage growth all as it relates to open source ColdFusion applications, compatible with open source CFML processors. Currently, the only open source application server is Smith Project . So, until another option becomes availble, all " cfopen approved" apps/tags/frameworks must be 100% compatible with Smith, as well as be able to run on an open source OS (Linux for example), with an open source web server (Apache for example).
"Open Source" (from wikipedia):
Open source is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the production and design process for various goods, products, resources and technical conclusions or advice. The term is most commonly applied to the source code of software that is made available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent intellectual propertyuser-generated software contentcollaboration. restrictions. This allows users to create through incremental individual effort or through
Some consider open source as one of various possible design approaches, while others consider it a critical strategic element of their operations. Before open source became widely adopted, developers and producers used a variety of phrases to describe the concept; the term open sourceInternet and its enabling of diverse production models, communication paths, and interactive communities.[1]open source software became the most prominent face of open source practices. gained popularity with the rise of the Later,
The open source model of operation can be extended to open source culture in decision making which allows concurrent input of different agendas, approaches and priorities, in contrast with more centralized models of development such as those typically used in commercial companies.[2] "Open source" as applied to culture defines a culture in which collective decisions or fixations are shared during development and made generally available in the public domain- - - as seen with Wikipedia. This collective approach moderates ethical concerns over a "conflict of roles" or conflict of interest. Participants in such a culture are able to modify the collective outcomes and share them with the community.
