I-CAD / GIS phakathi kokuqala kwe-Free Software
I-Foundation for Free Software (FSF) yadalwa ngo-1985 ngenhloso yokukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa, ukuthuthukiswa nokuvikelwa kwesoftware ngaphansi kwamalayisense okungewona aphathelene nohlelo lokuhweba. Nge-Gigabriones ngifunde ukuthi i-FSF imemezele amaphrojekthi ayishumi nanye ahamba phambili, kufaka phakathi amabili ezindabeni zomhlaba:
Ukushintshwa kwe-Google Earth
Kunemizamo eminingana yama-balloon we-virtual kwifomethi yokufakela, njengokuthi I-Titan kusuka kuLeica, I-ArcGIS Explorer we-ESRI, I-Virtual Earth kusuka ku-Microsoft, Umoya Wezwe kusuka ku-NASA futhi GeoShow.
Kepha-ke, iGoogle Earth ithandwa kakhulu, ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kwezinsizakusebenza eziphansi uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye futhi ngoba futhi yiGoogle ebhekele ukwenza umsindo. Lokhu kusatshalaliswa kukhuphule inani lemininingwane equkethwe ngakho-ke abantu bayayithanda; ngakho-ke i-FSF ifuna ukubuyiselwa esikhundleni sayo ngaphansi kokusebenzisa mahhala.
Kuyaqondakala ukuthi awukwazi ukufinyelela idatha ye-Google kepha ungafunda amafayela we-kml, ufinyelele eminye imithombo yedatha ngaphansi kwezindinganiso ze-OGC, kufaka phakathi isisekelo Vula i-Maps Street (I-OSM) futhi lokho kuhamba emgqeni wokusebenzisana Marble.
Ukufakwa kwelabhulali ye-OpenDWG
Kulokhu sifuna iphrojekthi ehlose ukuxhasa ukusetshenziswa, ukusatshalaliswa kanye nokwenza imigomo ngaphansi kwelayisensi yamahhala yamafomethi we-CAD. Ngeke kube kubi uma sikhumbula ukuthi i- Vula i-Design Design ngaphandle kwemizamo efana IntelliCAD okudalwe yilo mbono, kuncane okwenziwe ngemuva kwe-dwg yonyaka ka-2000 ngendlela yobuhlanya yokushintsha amapharamitha yi-AutoDesk neBentley V7 engakwazanga ukudlula yize kukhona imininingwane ye-V8 etholakalayo.
Ngakho-ke, izinhlelo eziningi ziyaqhubeka zivule kuphela lezo zakhiwo ezindala ngesizathu sokuthi akukho ukusekelwa okuqinisekisiwe nakuba iBentley ne-AutoDesk bahlele ngonyaka ozayo.
Eminye amaphrojekthi ewela ngaphansi kokubaluleka kwe-SFS yilezi:
I-Gnash, umdlali wamafayela we-flash
I-Coreboot, isixazululo se-BIOS yamahhala
Isofthiwe yokufaka esikhundleni se-Skype
Isofthiwe yamahhala yokuhlela ividiyo
I-GNU Octave, esikhundleni se-Matlab
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