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Free Software Bazaar implements program to increase free software

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 6, 1999

Axel Boldt
writes:

The Free Software Bazaar at http://visar.csustan.edu/bazaar/
allows people to offer money for the completion of free software
projects. Currently, money is being offered for the following
projects:

Databases

  • report writing packages for SQL databases

Games and entertainment

  • clone of tank battle game Bolo
  • enhance LinCity to allow multiplayer games
  • Linux port of Wolfenstein 3D source code
  • typing tutor game aimed at young kids

Graphics and sound

  • BeOS driver of Gravis Ultrasound PnP sound card
  • version of xvidtune which runs under Windows
  • ghostscript and gimp drivers of Epson Stylus Photo
    printers
  • add DXF import/export capabilities to killustrator
  • tracker for Linux console

Kernel patches and hardware drivers

  • Realtime compressed audio and video capture driver for
    Linux
  • Linux driver for a DVD drive
  • FreeBSD driver for General Instruments SB1000 Surfboard cable
    modem
  • XFree GLX drivers for various accelerated 3D video cards
  • Port Linux to Mac IIfx
  • FreeBSD driver for Parallel Port Syquest SparQ drive
  • Linux driver for IBM ServeRAID SCSI adapter

Networking, email

  • DOS driver which redirects FOSSIL calls over tcp/ip to a Linux
    modem pool
  • software modem for Windows to redirect modem calls over tcp/ip
    to modem pool
  • capi20.dll for Windows to redirect capi calls over tcp/ip to
    modem pool
  • Unix software to communicate with PS6500 TI Organizer
  • Perl module to access functions provided by Fedelity
    NetBenefits web site
  • Reverse engineer ICA protocol used by Citrix’s Winframe
  • X11 client for Microsoft’s RDP protocol used by
    Terminalserver

System utilities, libraries

  • GTK theme module to implement Sun’s OpenLook look and feel
  • Enhance screen program to allow for multiple windows per
    screen
  • Free replacement for the Qt library

Text processing, word processing, editors

  • color support for joe editor
  • Linux WYSIWYG hebrew word processor
  • LaTeX2e package to provide more flexibility for standard
    document classes
  • Allow Emacs to compile .el files in dynamically loadable binary
    modules
  • Enhance gIDE

Web browsing and HTML

  • Patches to Mozilla to disable all automation
  • Patch to Mozilla to suppress ad banners
  • Clone of Allaire Cold-Fusion 4.0 for Linux
Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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