There have been many technical and legal words written about Open Source
software but the analogy used by
Wikipedia referring to sharing recipes seems a good one. People have been sharing
recipes for hundreds of years. You can borrow a recipe and make your own modifications -
though it is polite to acknowledge the source "based on a recipe from my grandmother".
Open Source software is similar - if the software is published with the GNU General Public
Licence (GPL) it permits the recipient to use the recipe and enhance it provided
that you acknowledge your debt to the previous creator and allow others to benefit
from your work (provided they too provide acknowledgement and and offer their
work to the common good). There's plenty of extra information, and a great
video from Stephen Fry
here.
Our flagship product, Datafile, has had many incarnations during its life. Now an Open Source version is available under Linux - free for you to install, compile, utilise under the GNU GPL v3 licence.
Support
Datafile OS is FREE Open Source. Paid support is available via email, virtual site support and
on-site support.
Datafile OS provides :
- indexing of downloaded report files
- report retrieval - view, search ...
- user and group security
For additional functionality please contact us for a quotation.
Alternatively, as Open Source software, you are free, under the terms of the GPL licence to
modify the software to suit your data format.
Report formats supported
The Datafile OS download provides the essential data archival and retrieval functions for :
- EBCIDIC PRCTL reports
Earlier versions of Datafile have been customised for an additional range of reports from
mainframes, mini-computers and PC-based systems. If you wish to use the system for formats
other than those listed above, please contact us for a quotation.
Alternatively, as Open Source software, you are free, under the terms of the GPL licence to
modify the software to suit your data format.
Datafile OS has been tested extensively on a range of Linux server operating systems starting with the Debian family including Ubuntu. Our development is carried out on Debian.
Datafile OS may work with other Linux versions - we have tested on other
versions but cannot say that it will work on all families and versions.
Documentation
Datafile Functionality and Configuration
Datafile - Getting Started - use in conjunction with the README
in the download.tgz files. Also contains, for existing clients, information on migration from earlier versions of
Datafile so historic reports can be retained and accessed from the new browser-based Linux system.
If you have any queries, please email us via the Contact page.
Downloads
Download for Debian family versions. Tested on late versions of Debian, Mint and Ubuntu LTS.
Should be suitable for all Debian-derived distributions.
Debian family version installation
Download for Red Hat 8.7. This was created at the request of an existing client and has been tested
ONLY on Red Hat 8.7 and binary-compatible clones. It has NOT been tested for any other version of Red Hat or
CentOS/Fedora.
Red Hat 8.7 installation