CodePlex Information and Discussion

Should the technology be microsoft-oriented, like .Net / Com / SQL Server, or can it be anything? Like a Linux Bash scripts?

There are no technology requirements, only the three requirements above.

can u describe abandon project a little more ??
can i host a completed project here??

Abandoned means the project has no coordinators involved in the project, or there is no user activity (messages, issue tracker entries, downloads). A completed project is fine if there is still someone who will be the coordinator for the project on CodePlex.

Is there any limitation on number of days a project hosted on codeplex?

We have a successful commercial .NET component that is not open source, but we develop it a lot like open source. I mean we work with customers closely, integrate continuously and release often. We have very active support and discussion forums on our website and we consider adding a public feature/issue tracking system to it too, but I thought wouldn't it be nice to host this at CodePlex? We will not publish source code of the component of course, but we will publish source code of examples, demo projects, new release downloads and support forums and feature requests. It will be very active. Do you want this?

There is no limit to the number of days a project can be hosted on CodePlex.

Hosting open source projects where the code is things like examples, or demo projects, or extensions is fine. It does need to have an active coordinator for the project to not be considered "abandoned".

Does the license need to be OSI-approved or would any license that provides source code be acceptable? i.e. a "use this source code for noncommercial purposes" license?

The license does not have to be an OSI approved license.

Why can I only choose a license from those available in combo? I would like to specify my own custom license text.
Thanks.

Use the "Contact Us" feature to request a custom license text for your project.

just to make sure... am I allowed to use the GPLv3 on this site?

Can I publish a project on CodePlex but keep my source code in the subversion repository of my own development server?

The site currently doesn't have support for the GPLv3 license.

You aren't required to use the source control features of CodePlex as long as you include the source code with the release.

Does the information in the project have to be in english? Can it be other local languages?

Will there ever be a operating system or programming language restriction on projects as I am taking a .NET frame worked project and converting a lot of it from C# to multiple python and or Java modules. I want to have a solid foundation to hold my code and want to make sure that if I park my project here it will not have to be moved due to any new rules.

Oh yeah, and a major MONO conversion. not to mention its a dual project based on OPEN SL and Croquet.

The project information can be in any language, and there are no restrictions on operating system or programming language.

If I have a license that isn't a strict Open Source license, can I get it approved by CodePlex and require that anybody accessing the source agrees to it?

We have a project we are considering to host in CodePlex. The project is rather large and we assume the setup takes quite a long time. We would like to test some of the features of CodePlex first. Is it allright to test CodePlex with a "dummy" project (which we would of course never publish)?

Is it ok for someone to post projects that is not open src and advertise the source for sell? I don't think that
posting code for examples to projects that is not open src is what the spirit of this website is, or supposed to be.

What about a C# code-style manual with examples? The manual itself contains dozens of code examples and is accompanied by one or more sample files using the style. It's not a compilable project, per se, but should be pretty useful nonetheless.

If I host my personal open source project and I actively develop it (i.e. make some changes from time to time) but no one is willing to join is the project good enough for Codeplex or will be considered abandoned?