query: when does the alpha release phase of a software project happen

pos: Software release life cycle by customers was not done in IBM. Rather, IBM used the term "field test". Pre-alpha refers to all activities performed during the software project before formal testing. These activities can include requirements analysis, software design, software development, and unit testing. In typical open source development, there are several types of pre-alpha versions. "Milestone" versions include specific sets of functions and are released as soon as the functionality is complete. The alpha phase of the release life cycle is the first phase to begin software testing (alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, used as the number 1). In

pos: Roger Wilco (software) publishing pre-release versions of the software in the autumn of 1998; the first general availability release, Roger Wilco Mark I, followed in May 1999. The company distributed both the client and server as freeware. The server software, Roger Wilco Base Station, was developed for Linux, FreeBSD, Windows 9x, and Windows NT. Development of a client for Mac OS never progressed beyond the alpha phase. Mpath Interactive, a startup company in Silicon Valley, acquired Resounding Technology later that year, and renamed it to HearMe, Inc. In December 2000, GameSpy bought the Roger Wilco intellectual property. In early 2001, they integrated an

pos: Diaspora (software) the project, while they would stay involved, but take a lesser role. The project was adopted by, and became part of, the Free Software Support Network (FSSN), which is in turn run by Eben Moglen and the Software Freedom Law Center. The FSSN acts as an umbrella organization to Diaspora development and manages Diaspora's branding, finances and legal assets. In October 2012, the project made its first community release at 0.0.1.0, dropping all references to the Alpha/Beta branding it had previously used. At the same time development was moved to a development branch, leaving the master branch for stable releases.

pos: SAFE Network SAFE Network The SAFE Network is an autonomous peer-to-peer network developed by MaidSafe, a software development company based in Scotland. It was designed by David Irvine and is an open-source project. The "SAFE" in SAFE Network stands for Secure Access for Everyone and the software is in the alpha testing phase. The SAFE Network uses a consensus algorithm named PARSEC. The software was first designed in 2006 as an encrypted overlay network that replaces the top four OSI layers of the current Internet: the application, presentation, session and transport layers. It is self-encrypted which describes the way that data stored

pos: SAFE Network by splitting the data into encrypted chunks and spreading them at random over the network, with at least four copies of each chunk being maintained to ensure resilience. SAFE Network The SAFE Network is an autonomous peer-to-peer network developed by MaidSafe, a software development company based in Scotland. It was designed by David Irvine and is an open-source project. The "SAFE" in SAFE Network stands for Secure Access for Everyone and the software is in the alpha testing phase. The SAFE Network uses a consensus algorithm named PARSEC. The software was first designed in 2006 as an encrypted overlay network

pos: WaterWays/Sons of Alpha Centauri/Hotel Wrecking City Traders WaterWays recordings had been delayed significantly and re-recorded as "Big Scenic Nowhere". However, when the tracks became available, the first singles were released on "Yawning Sons/WaterWays". Hotel Wrecking City Traders had released a collaborative project with Arce entitled "Hotel Wrecking City Traders & Gary Arce" in 2011, while Sons of Alpha Centauri had been working with Yawning Man since 2008 as Yawning Sons. In 2012, following two separate collaborative projects from Arce with both Sons of Alpha Centauri and Hotel Wrecking City Traders, Bro Fidelity Records decided to release a triple way split project of the three artists. The release

pos: Debian Free Software Guidelines Distribution entirely free software" into "We promise that the Debian system and all its components will be free" resulted in the release manager, Anthony Towns, making a practical change: This prompted another General Resolution, 2004-004, in which the developers voted overwhelmingly against immediate action, and decided to postpone those changes until the next release (whose development started a year later, in June 2005). Most discussions about the DFSG happen on the "debian-legal" mailing list. When a Debian Developer first uploads a package for inclusion in Debian, the "ftpmaster" team checks the software licenses and determines whether they are in accordance

pos: TaoClassic more "OOPish", the above mentioned core design disciple of Tao Classic probably won't ever change. In current alpha phase, the project supports 32 and 64 bit Windows and Linux, but Linux builds are not publicly available yet. In the end (probably for the first stable "3.0" release), the plan is to support the three OSes supported by the original Tao Framework - Microsoft Windows, most Linux distributions and Mac OS X. The original Tao Framework was dropped at version 2.1. As a reminder about the fact that Tao Classic is a continuation of an old project, its versioning has been

pos: Fire and Blast Information Group UK offshore industry. The offshore industry responded to the challenges presented by the disaster through initiatives including joint industry projects sponsored by organizations with full scale fire and/or explosion tests. The first major research project that followed the Piper Alpha disaster was Phase 1 of the Joint Industry Project on Blast and Fire Engineering for Topside Structures (BFETS) that was undertaken between May 1990 and July 1991. It resulted in 26 reports that summarized the industry understanding of fire and explosion engineering and in the release of the Interim Guidance Notes (IGN). These guidelines were called "interim" due to fast

pos: Chakra (operating system) much closer integration with KDE software. On August 30, 2010 the first independent version, called "Chakra 0.2", was released. This ended the development on KDEmod and the project was renamed to "The Chakra Project". Chakra includes both free and proprietary software, though the latter may be disabled during installation. It is only available for the x86_64 architecture, with support for i686 having been dropped in August 2012. It is based on KDE Software Compilation. Chakra does not schedule releases for specific dates but uses a "Half-Rolling release" system. This means that the core packages of Chakra (graphics, audio, etc.) are

pos: Wolfram Alpha two weeks of launching the Facebook analytics service, 400,000 users had used it. Downloadable query results are behind a pay wall but summaries are accessible to free accounts. Wolfram Alpha has been used to power some searches in the Microsoft Bing and DuckDuckGo search engines. With the first release on July 21, 2017, Brave web browser features Wolfram Alpha as one of its default search engines. For factual question answering, it is also queried by Apple's Siri, Samsung's S Voice, as well as Dexetra's speech recognition software for the Android platform, Iris, and the voice control software on BlackBerry 10.

pos: Open-source software development process starts with a choice between the adopting of an existing project, or the starting of a new project. If a new project is started, the process goes to the Initiation phase. If an existing project is adopted, the process goes directly to the Execution phase. Several types of open-source projects exist. First, there is the garden variety of software programs and libraries, which consist of standalone pieces of code. Some might even be dependent on other open-source projects. These projects serve a specified purpose and fill a definite need. Examples of this type of project include the Linux kernel,

pos: Software versioning and Windows 7 are NT 6.1, Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 are NT 6.2, and Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 are NT 6.3. Note, however, that Windows NT is only on its fourth major revision, as its first release was numbered 3.1 (to match the then-current Windows release number). In conjunction with the various versioning schemes listed above, a system for denoting pre-release versions is generally used, as the program makes its way through the stages of the software release life cycle. Programs that are in an early stage are often called "alpha" software, after the first

pos: Common Desktop Environment portmapper rpcbind does not need to be run in insecure mode. It does not use Xprint anymore, and can be compiled on the BSDs without installing first a custom version of Motif. Multihead display support with Xinerama has been improved. Since its release as free software, CDE has been ported to: Future project goals of the CDE project include: Common Desktop Environment The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) is a desktop environment for Unix and OpenVMS, based on the Motif widget toolkit. It was part of the UNIX 98 Workstation Product Standard, and was long time the "classic" Unix desktop associated

pos: Kasumi (Dead or Alive) first of these to appear in the series was , which appeared as Kasumi wearing a crimson ninja suit. Kasumi Alpha is a boss character in "Dead or Alive 2" and also appears in "Dead or Alive Ultimate". She is defeated by Kasumi and the project undergoes another phase known as Project Alpha-2. Most of Kasumi's chapters in the story mode of "Dead or Alive 5" are actually following her other, unknowing clone. The character was later redesigned to appear as a translucent, liquid-like form of Kasumithe ultimate stage of Alpha series human weapons known as , who "detests all

pos: PhpDocumentor PHP general documentation. phpDocumentor is able to parse all PHP syntax and supports PHP4 and PHP5, although legacy phpDocumentor 1.4.4 does not support all features of PHP 5.3. It is an open source project and is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). In March 2012, it was revealed that the DocBlox project was merged with the 1.x branch of phpDocumentor, resulting in a new major version release of phpDocumentor; phpDocumentor 2. The first alpha was released on March 16, 2012. Unlike its version 1 predecessor, phpDocumentor 2 supports syntax for PHP 5.3 and newer.

pos: Skyscraper (software) program's flagship building). The first release of Skyscraper was released on December 27, 2002. A 1.0 stable release was released in mid-2004, followed by a gradual complete redesign and rewrite in C++ using the Crystal Space graphics engine with wxWidgets for the graphical user interfaces (GUIs) control panel. The first release of the rewritten simulator (version 1.1, released as 2.0 Alpha 1), which supported scriptable buildings, was released on January 6, 2009. During the development of the Alpha 8 release, the simulator was ported over to the OGRE rendering engine, and the Crystal Space version was discontinued. Skyscraper's latest stable

pos: Due Process (video game) Due Process (video game) Due Process is an upcoming online multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video game being developed by American studio Giant Enemy Crab and published by Annapurna Interactive. The game centers around teamwork and communication, allowing players to draw a "playbook" during the planning phase onto the hand-curated, procedurally generated maps. The visuals are inspired by 90's arcade light gun games, such as Time Crisis. "Due Process" is in development for Microsoft Windows. The title does not have a current release date. Closed alpha testing will start in 2019, invite-only from the developer's emailing list, which is open for

pos: V-Model (software development) V-Model (software development) In software development, the V-model represents a development process that may be considered an extension of the waterfall model, and is an example of the more general V-model. Instead of moving down in a linear way, the process steps are bent upwards after the coding phase, to form the typical V shape. The V-Model demonstrates the relationships between each phase of the development life cycle and its associated phase of testing. The horizontal and vertical axes represents time or project completeness (left-to-right) and level of abstraction (coarsest-grain abstraction uppermost), respectively. In the requirements analysis phase, the first

neg: Software release life cycle this phase, developers generally test the software using white-box techniques. Additional validation is then performed using black-box or gray-box techniques, by another testing team. Moving to black-box testing inside the organization is known as "alpha release". Alpha software can be unstable and could cause crashes or data loss. Alpha software may not contain all of the features that are planned for the final version. In general, external availability of alpha software is uncommon in proprietary software, while open source software often has publicly available alpha versions. The alpha phase usually ends with a feature freeze, indicating that no more features

neg: Software release life cycle will be added to the software. At this time, the software is said to be feature complete. Beta, named after the second letter of the Greek alphabet, is the software development phase following alpha. Software in the beta stage is also known as "betaware". Beta phase generally begins when the software is feature complete but likely to contain a number of known or unknown bugs. Software in the beta phase will generally have many more bugs in it than completed software, speed or performance issues, and may still cause crashes or data loss. The focus of beta testing is reducing

neg: Sons of Alpha Centauri announced that "Phase II" would be "coming soon"; press notes for the third Karma to Burn/Sons of Alpha Centauri vinyl release stated that the band had completed their "six vinyl release" that they were "moving from Phase I to Phase II". The band has denied on multiple occasions that the project is stuck in development hell. On 1 April 2018 the band released a teaser trailer that announced a new project. This was later confirmed on the 14 April as the band's second album, entitled "Continuum". The album was released on 1 June 2018 by H42 Records. Sons of Alpha

neg: Jolla Launcher other Jolla users. As a marketing tool it is supposed to help to convince potential users to try and use Sailfish OS. The alpha release, as of June 2014, is targeted mainly for Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 devices Android 4.3 or later. The release can be installed in many other devices as well, which run Android 4.3 or later but there might appear issues due to hardware differences. Jolla Launcher Launched in June 2014 as alpha phase software for testers-volunteers, the software by Jolla designed to replicate Sailfish OS user interface behaviour and features on Android OS devices. The

neg: Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri "Civilization V" includes a new victory condition: the completion of the 'Utopia project', which is reminiscent of the Ascent to Transcendence secret project. A decade after its release Sold-Out Software and GOG.com re-released the game for online-download sales. "", a spiritual sequel to "Alpha Centauri", was announced by Firaxis in April 2014 and released on October 24, 2014; several of those that worked on "Alpha Centauri" helped to develop the new title. After the release of the expansion, multimedia producer Michael Ely wrote a trilogy of novels based on the game. Illustrator Rafael Kayanan also wrote a graphic novel entitled

neg: Agile software development them, and also allows for the milestones themselves to change. "Adaptive" methods focus on adapting quickly to changing realities. When the needs of a project change, an adaptive team changes as well. An adaptive team has difficulty describing exactly what will happen in the future. The further away a date is, the more vague an adaptive method is about what will happen on that date. An adaptive team cannot report exactly what tasks they will do next week, but only which features they plan for next month. When asked about a release six months from now, an adaptive team might

neg: Judge Dredd: Pre-Emptive Revenge from when and from where to time-warp Alpha home. Dredd reluctantly agrees, but Alpha does not disappear, indicating that something yet to happen will stop Dredd from reaching Hondo City safely. The next night, they are hailed by a flyer from Hondo City, but their relief is short-lived when the flyer is shot down by an automated missile defense system linked to the tower. The pilot, Judge Goto, survives the crash, but is killed when he steps into a minefield surrounding the tower. Dredd and Alpha ascend to the highest floor of the tower to find and switch off the

neg: Software versioning letter in the Greek alphabet. After they mature but are not yet ready for release, they may be called "beta" software, after the second letter in the Greek alphabet. Generally alpha software is tested by developers only, while beta software is distributed for community testing. Some systems use numerical versions less than 1 (such as 0.9), to suggest their approach toward a final "1.0" release. This is a common convention in open source software. However, if the pre-release version is for an existing software package (e.g. version 2.5), then an "a" or "alpha" may be appended to the version number.

neg: Post-traumatic amnesia of deficits when administered after recovery. Noradrenergic antagonists were not prescribed for the purposes of slowing the recovery of memory. Rather, these findings are based on the effects of other commonly prescribed drugs that happen to block noradrenergic receptors. The alpha-1 adrenergic receptor is specifically implicated. Although it has not yet been thoroughly investigated, there is potential for stimulants, which promote catecholamine release, to be an effective treatment in the early stages of recovery from brain trauma, and these positive effects could reduce the symptoms of PTA. The North Star Project was developed by researchers at McGill University. Researchers developed

neg: Modeling language offers a distinct vocabulary, syntax, and notation for each stage, such as discovery, analysis, design, architecture, contraction, etc. For example, for the analysis phase of a project, the modeler employs specific analysis notation to deliver an analysis proposition diagram. During the design phase, however, logical design notation is used to depict relationship between software entities. In addition, the discipline-specific modeling language best practices does not preclude practitioners from combining the various notations in a single diagram. Domain-specific modeling (DSM) is a software engineering methodology for designing and developing systems, most often IT systems such as computer software. It involves systematic

neg: Jolla Launcher Jolla Launcher Launched in June 2014 as alpha phase software for testers-volunteers, the software by Jolla designed to replicate Sailfish OS user interface behaviour and features on Android OS devices. The aim is to allow the user to feel the Sailfish OS experience with an Android device, in a risk-free method as installation does not change any firmware and can be uninstalled. It works on the top of Android, provides gesture-based UI and basic tools similar to the ones found in Sailfish OS which allows the user to manage and launch Android apps. It is not possible to uninstall Android

neg: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds from "ARMA 3" may become part of the "Battlegrounds" platform. To prevent in-game cheating, the game uses the "BattlEye" anti-cheating software, which had permanently banned over 13 million players in total by October 2018. BattlEye indicated that 99% of all cheating software for the game was developed in China. Bluehole used closed alpha and beta periods with about 80,000 players to gauge initial reaction to the gameplay and adjust balance prior to a wider release. Just prior to the early access phase on Steam, Bluehole opened a few servers and invited some popular live streamers of similar games to try

neg: Appleseed Alpha facial capture work on the project, the animation is a perfect balance of realism and science fiction-esque fantasy". "Appleseed Alpha" was selected for screening at Fantasia Festival on July 19, 2014. Appleseed Alpha Appleseed Alpha (also styled as Appleseed α) is a computer-animated military science fiction cyberpunk film. The English version's voice cast includes Luci Christian (Deunan Knute), David Matranga (Briareos) and Wendel Calvert (Two Horns). "Appleseed Alpha" had an advance digital release on July 15, 2014. With in a different series of events, this story does not follow the previous "Appleseed" movie canon (despite being directed by the director

neg: Software quality management should be assessed. Additionally, any existing organizational standards may also be assigned to the project at this phase. Attributes such as "robustness," "accessibility," and "modularity" may be assigned to the software development project. While this may be a more formalized, integral process, those using a more agile method of quality management may place less emphasis on strict planning structures. The quality plan may also address intended market, critical release dates, quality goals, expected risks, and risk management policy. The quality control team tests and reviews software at its various stages to ensure quality assurance processes and standards at both the

neg: Unified Process each one becomes the start of a new iteration. Common Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams used during this phase include activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, collaboration diagrams, State Transition diagrams and interaction overview diagrams. Iterative implementation for the lower risks and easier elements are done. The final Construction phase deliverable is software ready to be deployed in the Transition phase. The final project phase is Transition. In this phase the system is deployed to the target users. Feedback received from an initial release (or initial releases) may result in further refinements to be incorporated over the course of several Transition phase

neg: Zero-curtain effect Zero-curtain effect The zero-curtain effect occurs in cold (particularly periglacial) environments where the phase transition of water to ice is slowed down due to latent heat release. The effect is notably found in arctic and alpine permafrost sediments, and occurs where the air temperature falls below 0°C (the freezing point of water) followed by a rapid drop in soil temperature. Because of this effect, the lowering of temperature in moist, cold ground does not happen at a uniform rate. The loss of heat through conduction is reduced when water freezes, and latent heat is released. This heat of fusion is

neg: Capuchin monkey the female reaches the end of her proceptive period, she may sometimes mate with up to six different subordinate males in one day. Strictly targeting the alpha male does not happen every time, as some females have been observed to mate with three to four different males. When an alpha female and a lower-ranking female want to mate with an alpha male, the more dominant female will get rights to the male over the lower-ranking one. Females bear young every two years following a 160- to 180-day gestation. The young cling to their mother's chest until they are larger, then

neg: Sony Alpha 58 system provides eight modes: Phase Detect, Multi-area, Selective single-point, Tracking, Single, Continuous, Face Detection, Live View. or 1920 x 1080 (60i (1080i) @ 24 Mbit/s, 60i (1080i) @ 17 Mbit/s, 24p (1080p) @ 24 Mbit/s, 24p (1080p)) @ 17 Mbit/s (USA models) The interlaced video modes store progressively recorded frames at half the stated field rate. Unlike its predecessor, the Sony Alpha 57, the Alpha 58 does not offer 50p/60p video modes. Also unlike previous generation SLT cameras including the A57, A65, and A77, the A58 does not crop the sensor width when video Steady Shot is turned off. Amy

neg: Unified Process (including cost and schedule estimates) for the Construction phase. At this point the plan should be accurate and credible since it should be based on the Elaboration phase experience and since significant risk factors should have been addressed during the Elaboration phase. Construction is the largest phase of the project. In this phase, the remainder of the system is built on the foundation laid in Elaboration. System features are implemented in a series of short, time-boxed iterations. Each iteration results in an executable release of the software. It is customary to write full-text use cases during the construction phase and

neg: Open Cobalt the MIT License by Hewlett-Packard and the Croquet Consortium in early 2007. In early 2008, and with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Julian Lombardi and Mark P. McCahill, at Duke University, launched the community-based software development effort to build Open Cobalt as an open-source virtual world browser application and construction toolkit. In May 2008, Lombardi was awarded a National Science Foundation grant to further strengthen the community-based software development effort and bring the Open Cobalt virtual world browser to its alpha release. Together with John Dougan as technical project lead and a growing international community of software

neg: Serum protein electrophoresis syndrome and absence could indicate possible alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. This eventually leads to emphysema from unregulated neutrophil elastase activity in the lung tissue. The alpha-1 fraction does not disappear in alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, however, because other proteins, including alpha-lipoprotein and orosomucoid, also migrate there. As a positive acute phase reactant, AAT is increased in acute inflammation. Bence Jones protein may bind to and retard the alpha-1 band. Two faint bands may be seen representing alpha-1 antichymotrypsin and vitamin D binding protein. These bands fuse and intensify in early inflammation due to an increase in alpha-1 antichymotrypsin, an acute phase protein.

neg: Microsoft Software Updater except for the Windows Phone Recovery Tool were originally developed under Nokia while the Windows Phone Recovery Tool was created specifically for the Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones. The service was launched in beta in 2006, and the Nokia Software Updater's beta phase ended at 25 August 2011. Nokia Software Updater 3.0.495 was released to consumers in 2011. After acquisition of Nokia's devices and services divisions by Microsoft, the application was renamed to Microsoft Software Updater. the Microsoft Software Updater does not install any pre-release of Nokia device software, but will restore the latest updates. The service can be

neg: Software versioning the version number leaped to 10.0. The Debian project uses a major/minor versioning scheme for releases of its operating system, but uses code names from the movie "Toy Story" during development to refer to stable, unstable and testing releases. BLAG Linux and GNU features very large version numbers: major releases have numbers such as 50000 and 60000, while minor releases increase the number by 1 (e.g. 50001, 50002). Alpha and beta releases are given decimal version numbers slightly less than the major release number, such as 19999.00071 for alpha 1 of version 20000, and 29999.50000 for beta 2 of version

neg: Skytone Alpha-400 a customized version of Linux, based on a 2.4.x kernel, with a user-friendly interface optimized for children. The Linux desktop is implemented as Kiosk software, meaning that nothing the user can do can modify the available applications, and no new applications can be (easily) added or removed. Browsing can be done through the use of the built in browser called "Bon Echo", an Alpha release of Mozilla Firefox 2, using the built-in 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet port, or the integrated 802.11 Wireless LAN, but the browser does not support Flash, meaning that Flash intensive tools, such as YouTube, cannot be used.

neg: Wii system software theoretically happen, as the user cannot access the shop to download software unless the player has all the IOS versions that they require. However, if homebrew is used to forcefully install or run a piece of software when the required IOS does not exist, the user is brought back to the system menu. Nintendo created this system so that new updates would not unintentionally break compatibility with older games, but it does have the side effect that it uses up space on the Wii's internal NAND Flash memory. IOSes are referred to by their number, which can theoretically be between

neg: GNU arch arch project. However, this did not happen: the Baz fork was abandoned by Canonical in favour of the separate Bazaar project, with the 1.5 release of Baz being scrapped in 2006. In October, 2005, Andy Tai announced that Lord and the Free Software Foundation had accepted his offer to be the maintainer of GNU arch. Tai subsequently merged many features from Baz back into tla, but in March 2008 indicated that tla was no longer under active development and was no longer competitive with other version control systems. revc was a prototype revision control project by Thomas Lord that he

neg: Diaspora (software) with a number of security holes was released on 15 September 2010. On 23 November, a redesigned website was published in preparation for the alpha release, with the old site still available as a blog section. The early security holes were fixed with the alpha release. The early alpha version contained many bugs and security flaws, but feedback on the free software led to quick improvements. After its foundation was completed, Diaspora's developers intended to concentrate on creating a "battery of add-on modules" in order to "facilitate any type of communication," and planned to offer a paid hosting service for

neg: Software versioning So the alpha version of the 2.5 release might be identified as 2.5a or 2.5.a. An alternative is to refer to pre-release versions as "release candidates", so that software packages which are soon to be released as a particular version may carry that version tag followed by "rc-#", indicating the number of the release candidate; when the final version is released, the "rc" tag is removed. Between the 1.0 and the 2.6.x series, the Linux kernel used odd minor version numbers to denote development releases and even minor version numbers to denote stable releases; see Linux kernel: Version numbering. For

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HP Release Control Suite: https://web.archive.org/web/20150226064619/http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software/enterprise-software.html
 HP Service Manager software: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/software.html?compURI=1173779
 HP Release Control HP Release Control is an enterprise level software product which is a part of HP IT Performance Suite. In a typical release life cycle, after a change enters the system, the change goes through an approval, implementation, and review phase. HP Release Control supports each one of these phases in the release life cycle. During the approval phase, the Analysis module provides a detailed analysis of each change request in the system. Change Advisory Board (CAB) members can view information such as the potential impact of the change and the

neg: Software release life cycle Software release life cycle A software release life cycle is the sum of the stages of development and maturity for a piece of computer software: ranging from its initial development to its eventual release, and including updated versions of the released version to help improve software or fix software bugs still present in the software. Usage of the "alpha/beta" test terminology originated at IBM. Similar terminologies for IBM's software development were used by people involved with IBM from at least the 1950s (and probably earlier). "A" test was the verification of a new product before the public announcement. "B" test

neg: Manhattan Project multiple allotropes of plutonium. The brittle α phase that exists at room temperature changes to the plastic β phase at higher temperatures. Attention then shifted to the even more malleable δ phase that normally exists in the 300 °C to 450 °C range. It was found that this was stable at room temperature when alloyed with aluminum, but aluminum emits neutrons when bombarded with alpha particles, which would exacerbate the pre-ignition problem. The metallurgists then hit upon a plutonium-gallium alloy, which stabilized the δ phase and could be hot pressed into the desired spherical shape. As plutonium was found to

neg: Time bomb (software) Time bomb (software) In computer software, a time bomb is part of a computer program that has been written so that it will start or stop functioning after a predetermined date or time is reached. The term "time bomb" does not refer to a program that stops functioning a specific number of days after it is installed; instead, the term "trialware" applies. Time bombs are commonly used in beta (pre-release) software when the manufacturer of the software does not want the beta version being used after the final release date. One example of time bomb software would be Microsoft's Windows

neg: Software remastering the software. A remastered version may consider that a feature of the original is a bug, and provides a modified copy of the feature that works in a better way. When it is published a software remaster maintains the integrity of the named product from which it was derived by adherence to a shared software repository with any modifications, and with the intention of maintaining the good name needing approval. If approval does not happen, the name and the repository have the option to become their own master. The creator of a published software remaster, if they do no further

neg: Fork (software development) Fork (software development) In software engineering, a project fork happens when developers take a copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct and separate piece of software. The term often implies not merely a development branch, but also a split in the developer community, a form of schism. Free and open-source software is that which, by definition, may be forked from the original development team without prior permission, without violating copyright law. However, licensed forks of proprietary software ("e.g." Unix) also happen. The word "fork" has been used to mean "to

neg: Twister (software) application for Android, Linux and OS X. The versions for Windows and iPhone aren’t planned, but, since it is open source, any of them is free to migrate the application for other operating systems. Even though the project is in this moment in alpha phase, Brian Armstrong, co-founder of Coinbase, believes that it is a great example of how the open protocol of Bitcoin can be used with diverse purposes. Twister is a decentralized system, but instead of other networks of this kind (like pump.io / Identi.ca, StatusNet / GNU social or Diaspora), it doesn't require you to use your

neg: Program lifecycle phase Program lifecycle phase Program lifecycle phases are the stages a computer program undergoes, from initial creation to deployment and execution. The phases are edit time, compile time, link time, distribution time, installation time, load time, and run time. Lifecycle phases do not necessarily happen in a linear order, and they can be intertwined in various ways. For example, when modifying a program, a software developer may need to repeatedly edit, compile, install, and execute it on his own computer to ensure sufficient quality before it can be distributed to users; copies of the modified program are then downloaded, installed, and

neg: Human Proteome Folding Project Human Proteome Folding Project The Human Proteome Folding Project (HPF) is a collaborative effort between New York University (Bonneau Lab), the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) and the University of Washington (Baker Lab), using the Rosetta software developed by the Rosetta Commons. HPF Phase 1 applied Rosetta v4.2x software on the human genome and 89 others, starting in November 2004. Phase 1 ended in July 2006. HPF Phase 2 (HPF2) applies the Rosetta v4.8x software in higher resolution, "full atom refinement" mode, concentrating on cancer biomarkers (proteins found at dramatically increased levels in cancer tissues), human secreted proteins and malaria.

neg: SunDog: Frozen Legacy It was a closed release, so that only a small number of applicants were invited to test the Alpha version. In August, 2012, the project unveiled a new website, reportedly to serve as a platform for all future news releases and software downloads. As of February 14, 2016, the project is recruiting a Beta feedback manager and will be releasing a Beta by the end of April 2016. A Hollywood composer, H.G. Templeton, composed the game's theme song and 8000 lines of NPC dialogue has been added to the game. As of August 2018, the game is still in Beta.

neg: AskoziaPBX official build system. In July 2009, an alpha level release running on Linux was published. This was further stabilized into a beta release on 13 February 2010. The final production ready firmware was released as version 2.0 on 4 May 2010. AskoziaPBX AskoziaPBX is a closed source telephone system (or "PBX") firmware. It is a fork of the m0n0wall project and uses the Asterisk private branch exchange (PBX) software to realize all telephony functions. Prior to version 2.1, AskoziaPBX was released under a restricted BSD license. It permitted all forms of open source modification and distribution but required licensing if

neg: Program lifecycle phase either be normal, expected behavior or an abnormality such as a crash. Program lifecycle phase Program lifecycle phases are the stages a computer program undergoes, from initial creation to deployment and execution. The phases are edit time, compile time, link time, distribution time, installation time, load time, and run time. Lifecycle phases do not necessarily happen in a linear order, and they can be intertwined in various ways. For example, when modifying a program, a software developer may need to repeatedly edit, compile, install, and execute it on his own computer to ensure sufficient quality before it can be distributed

neg: Unfinished creative work given a lengthier software testing phase, should have been fixed. Some developers choose to disable certain features in order to release the game on time, especially if a project has seen an amount of feature creep. One such title was Cinemaware's "Defender of the Crown", which was released before all the features were completed when the company was faced with a strict deadline and the loss of two programmers. Unfinished work is often covered by the copyright laws of the country of origin. The United States have taken the step of creating a law which specifically mentions ongoing work, whereby

neg: High Alpha Research Vehicle High Alpha Research Vehicle The High Alpha Research Vehicle was an American modified McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet used by NASA in a 3-phase program investigating controlled flight at high alpha (angle of attack) using thrust vectoring, modifications to the flight controls, and with actuated forebody strakes. The program lasted from April 1987 to September 1996. NASA reported that in one phase of the project, Armstrong Flight Research Center "research pilots William H. "Bill" Dana and Ed Schneider completed the envelope expansion flights in February 1992. Demonstrated capabilities included stable flight at approximately 70 degrees angle of attack (previous maximum was

neg: Rational Unified Process If the project cannot pass this milestone, there is still time for it to be canceled or redesigned. However, after leaving this phase, the project transitions into a high-risk operation where changes are much more difficult and detrimental when made. The key domain analysis for the elaboration is the system architecture. The primary objective is to build the software system. In this phase, the main focus is on the development of components and other features of the system. This is the phase when the bulk of the coding takes place. In larger projects, several construction iterations may be developed in

neg: Cedega (software) software. TransGaming does release portions of the source code via CVS; however, it attaches legal restrictions. Cedega includes licensed support for several types of CD-based copy protection (notably SecuROM and SafeDisc), the code for which TransGaming say they are under contract not to disclose. In 2002 the Wine project changed its license to the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). This means that anyone who publishes a modified version of Wine must publish the source code under an LGPL-compatible license. TransGaming halted using code contributed to Wine when the license was changed, though this has resumed with TransGaming integrating certain

neg: Rolling release However, simply having updates does not automatically mean that a piece of software is using a rolling release cycle; for this, the philosophy of developers must be to work with one code branch, versus discrete versions. When the rolling release is employed as the development model, software updates are typically delivered to users by a package manager on the user's personal computer, accessing through the internet a remote software repository (often via a download mirror) stored on an internet file server. Rolling release Rolling release, rolling update, or continuous delivery, in software development, is the concept of frequently delivering updates

neg: HVDC converter given by the series combination of two AC phase voltages. For example, if valves V1 and V2 are conducting, the DC output voltage is given by the voltage of phase 1 minus the voltage of phase 3. Because of the unavoidable (but beneficial) inductance in the AC supply, the transition from one pair of conducting valves to the next does not happen instantly. Rather, there is a short "overlap" period when two valves on the same row of the bridge are conducting simultaneously. For example, if valves V1 and V2 are initially conducting and then valve V3 is turned on,

neg: Rolling distribution Rolling distribution Software distributions, of which Linux distributions form a sizable proportion, are commonly referred to as "distros", with rolling release distributions commonly referred to as "rolling distros". When used as an adjective, instead of a noun, "rolling release" is often shortened to "rolling", when referring to distributions, software, or development models. A rolling release is typically implemented using small and frequent updates. However, simply having updates does not automatically mean that a piece of software is using a rolling release cycle; for this, the philosophy of developers must be to work with one code branch, versus discrete versions. Not

neg: World Policy Council Phi Alpha to broaden its view to encompass international concerns. Brooke said "our intellectual power is so great that it ought to be shared … that we should be giving our thoughts and our opinions on domestic and international issues. General President Milton C. Davis established the World Policy Council (WPC) in 1996 as the analytical body of the fraternity to reflect, engage in dialogue and project what ought to happen in actions that are in-line with the values of Alpha Phi Alpha. The mission of The Alpha Phi Alpha World Policy Council as stated on the fraternity's website The

neg: Dink Smallwood streamlined. After eight-and-a-half months of development and numerous builds of alpha, beta, and release candidate testing involving the community, "Dink Smallwood" 1.08 was released as community-fixed version on March 10, 2006. The GNU GPL licensed GNU FreeDink fork, which is developed under the GNU Project umbrella, works on replacing the last proprietary sounds to make the game completely Free software. GNU FreeDink was ported to a variety of platforms including the PlayStation Portable, Linux, AmigaOS 4 and Mac OS X among others. GNU Freedink is based on the original v1.07 source code release, but has modes to run like v1.08.

neg: Salsa20 output used are those corresponding to the non-secret portions of the input: indexes 0, 5, 10, 15, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Salsa20 has been selected as a Phase 3 design for Profile 1 (software) by the eSTREAM project, receiving the highest weighted voting score of any Profile 1 algorithm at the end of Phase 2. Salsa20 had previously been selected as Phase 2 Focus design for Profile 1 (software) and as a Phase 2 design for Profile 2 (hardware) by the eSTREAM project, but was not advanced to Phase 3 for Profile 2 because eSTREAM felt that it was

neg: Product software implementation method implementation method leaves more room for the soft side of implementation processes. Apart from implementation methods serving as the set of rules to implement a specific product or service, implementation frameworks serve as the project managed structure to define the implementation phase in time, budget and quality. Several project management methods can serve as a basis to perform the implementation method. Since this entry focuses on the implementation of product software, the best project management methods suitable for supporting the implementation phase are project management methods that focus on software and information systems itself as well. The applicability of using

neg: Internet-Speed Development on. The envisioning phase can be modeled as followed: "Figure 2: Envisioning phase process/data model" "Table 1: Envisioning activities" The basic activities performed in the envisioning phase are analyzing the requirements, forming the team for the project, determining the risks and the scope of the project. From the requirements and the goals of the project a Vision/Scope document is created. This document describes what the product is to be when it is delivered. It does not contain very detailed functionalities of the product. "Table 2: Concepts in the envisioning phase" "Figure 3: Planning phase process/data model" "Table 3: Planning activities"

neg: Rolling distribution as enterprise software in a production environment, in case of data loss, etc. A humorous example of such is the Linux distribution Chakra Linux in alpha stage having the installation message "WARNING: This is alpha software, it could eat your hamster!!" Unlike rolling releases, development branches are mainly intended to be used by software developers, software testers and early adopters rather than your average end-user — "see Software release life cycle". The following Linux, BSD and GNU Hurd distributions are all examples of full-rolling releases, except for those that are specifically indicated as "partial" (which are part-rolling) or "cyclical" (which

neg: Software testing tactics in the release or deemed to be of low risk. Regression testing is typically the largest test effort in commercial software development, due to checking numerous details in prior software features, and even new software can be developed while using some old test cases to test parts of the new design to ensure prior functionality is still supported. Acceptance testing can mean one of two things: Alpha testing is simulated or actual operational testing by potential users/customers or an independent test team at the developers' site. Alpha testing is often employed for off-the-shelf software as a form of internal acceptance

neg: Rolling distribution Cooker, openSUSE Factory, Fedora Rawhide and Debian Testing (on which antiX is based) are examples of primary development branches, and Debian unstable (on which aptosid is based) is an example of a secondary development branch. By their very nature, these development branches tend to be unstable and buggy, with security fixes being slow, incomplete or non-existent; they also tend to lack support and documentation. For these reasons, some software distributions recommended (in the software documentation or on the distribution's website) that development branches, developmental milestone releases, pre-alpha software, alpha software, beta software and release candidates should generally "not" be used

neg: Memory Alpha Trek" fan site "TrekNation" on December 23. Memory Alpha reached 1,000 articles by January 12, 2004, but on March 23, the site's database was accidentally erased during an upgrade of the MediaWiki software. Although this caused six weeks of work to be lost, the project expanded to include Dutch and German versions on April 10 and May 14 respectively. It remained stable until the following year, when the fees associated with hosting the site became more than the founders could afford. In February 2005, Memory Alpha switched hosting servers and joined Wikia, a free for-profit wiki-hosting company started by Wikimedia

neg: Arena (web browser) a system of numbers up to 0.99, which indicated that these builds were in alpha-quality and the browser could have new features. The beta phase changed the version numbering to a system consisting of the word "Beta-" beta followed by a number. After the beta-phase, the final product would have the version 1.0. After Yggdrasil overtook the development, the development status was changed from the W3C beta builds back to alpha, implying that the Arena browser wasn't yet ready for release. The "beta-3e" version numbering then became "0.3.5" in "GNU style" Development remained in alpha stage until 0.3.62, and never

neg: Typeform (service) Typeform (service) Typeform is a Barcelona-based online software as a service (SaaS) company that specializes in online form building and online surveys. Its main software creates dynamic forms based on user needs. Typeform's software has been used by Apple Inc., Airbnb, Uber and Nike, Inc. Typeform produces millions of forms every month. Typeform was founded in 2012 by Robert Muñoz and David Okuniev. Typeform's software was released in Alpha phase by invitation only. The software launched in Beta in April 2013, having raised €550,000 in seed funding. The company generated an additional €1.2 million in 2014. Typeform's software officially launched

neg: Software versioning from 5.1 to 5.5, or Adobe Photoshop 5 to 5.5. This may be done to emphasize the value of the upgrade to the software user, or, as in Adobe's case, to represent a release halfway between major versions (although levels of sequence based versioning are not limited to a single digit, as in Blender version 2.79). A different approach is to use the "major" and "minor" numbers, along with an alphanumeric string denoting the release type, e.g. "alpha" (a), "beta" (b), or "release candidate" (rc). A software release train using this approach might look like 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9

neg: Atomic commit the commit phase begins. In this phase the coordinator sends a commit message to each node. When each node receives this message it performs the actual commit. If the commit message does not reach a node due to the message being lost or the coordinator fails they will perform the commit if the timeout expires. If the coordinator fails upon recovery it will send a commit message to each node. Atomic commits are a common feature of version control software, and crucial for maintaining a consistent state in the repository. Most version control software will not apply any part of

neg: Rolling distribution addressed in a separate/isolated effort (e.g. as patches); instead, they are addressed in the main software development effort. "See and for more Wikipedia-Books." "See Wikibooks.org and WIKIBOOKS for Wikibooks." Rolling distribution Software distributions, of which Linux distributions form a sizable proportion, are commonly referred to as "distros", with rolling release distributions commonly referred to as "rolling distros". When used as an adjective, instead of a noun, "rolling release" is often shortened to "rolling", when referring to distributions, software, or development models. A rolling release is typically implemented using small and frequent updates. However, simply having updates does not automatically mean

neg: Vaporware up a significant portion of its development time, and developers are motivated not to release software with errors because it could damage their reputation with customers. Last-minute design changes are also common. Large organizations seem to have more late projects than smaller ones, and may benefit from hiring individual programmers on contract to write software rather than using in-house development teams. Adding people to a late software project does not help; according to Brooks' Law, doing so increases the delay. Not all delays in software are the developers' fault. In 1986, the American National Standards Institute adopted SQL as the

neg: Software testing old bugs that have come back. Such regressions occur whenever software functionality that was previously working correctly, stops working as intended. Typically, regressions occur as an unintended consequence of program changes, when the newly developed part of the software collides with the previously existing code. Common methods of regression testing include re-running previous sets of test cases and checking whether previously fixed faults have re-emerged. The depth of testing depends on the phase in the release process and the risk of the added features. They can either be complete, for changes added late in the release or deemed to be

neg: Project Alpha formal experiments. During the exploratory phase, the researchers would simply be trying to determine whether there is a phenomenon that could be worth further investigation, which often implies the use of much more complicated protocols and expensive equipment. In doing so, they are also trying to set up a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere that is believed to be conducive to psychic phenomena. It is during this stage that Shaw and Edwards were able to convince the researchers of psychic abilities In mid-1981, the two were fairly famous in the psi world, and even outside it, and Phillips decided to release a

neg: TaoClassic started at version number 3.0 (to also mark a clean slate). Also, within Tao Classic, there are several subcomponents - one for each wrapped library -, which also have their own version numbers. The version number of these subcomponents is the same as the version number of the library they are wrapping. E.g. 4.3.0.0 for Tao.OpenGL, which provides OpenGL 4.3 bindings. Tao Classic provides bindings for these libraries: The project started in late December 2012, so technically it's in an early phase ("alpha"). Development is constantly ongoing since then, currently done by a single developer. For now, the "release candidate"

neg: CCU delivery CCU that are not covered in this article are concealed by a transparent grey rectangle. As can be seen in figure one, the delivery phase is in between the release phase and the deployment phase. A software vendor develops and releases a software product and afterwards it has to be transported to the customer. This phase is the delivery process. This process is highly complex because the vendor often has to deal with a product which has multiple versions, variable features, dependency on external products, and different kinds of distribution options. The CCU method helps the software vendor in structuring

neg: Saccharomyces cerevisiae of the cell cycle. Cytokinesis enables budding yeast "Saccharomyces cerevisiae" to divide into two daughter cells. "S. cerevisiae" forms a bud which can grow throughout its cell cycle and later leaves its mother cell when mitosis has completed. "S. cerevisiae" is relevant to cell cycle studies because it divides asymmetrically by using a polarized cell to make two daughters with different fates and sizes. Similarly, stem cells use asymmetric division for self-renewal and differentiation. For many cells, M phase does not happen until S phase is complete. However, for entry into mitosis in "S. cerevisiae" this is not true. Cytokinesis

neg: Unified Process Process", whereas authors affiliated with Rational Software have favored the name "Rational Unified Process". In 2012 the Disciplined Agile Delivery framework was released, a hybrid framework that adopts and extends strategies from Unified Process, Scrum, XP, and other methods. The Unified Process is an iterative and incremental development process. The Elaboration, Construction and Transition phases are divided into a series of timeboxed iterations. (The Inception phase may also be divided into iterations for a large project.) Each iteration results in an "increment", which is a release of the system that contains added or improved functionality compared with the previous release.

neg: Project Gunrunner Crime (CENAPI) was established in 2003. ATF states these are models for planned future tracing centers throughout Central and South America and the Caribbean Basin. In December, 2009, ATF announced deployment of a Spanish version of eTrace to Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica. A planned second phase will release the software to all Spanish-speaking countries with agreements with ATF. In June 2011 Congress opened an investigation into Project Gunrunner against the ATF, as some ATF agents have come forward stating that top heads in ATF and the Department of Justice instructed the agents to encourage gun stores in the U.S.

neg: Renegade (BBS) years, releasing three updates with their new, ordinal date version scheme. Jeff Herrings, another former third-party software developer, was handed the source by Spence in January 2000 after offering help when he found there was no Y2K-compliant version of the software. Herrings released a public alpha version of Renegade in March 2000 addressing Y2K-compliance problems. He stepped down as active programmer in October 2001 citing lack of time and desire. Spence eventually handed the program over to Corey Snow in 2002, who intended to release an open-source, Java-based clone of the software which never saw the light of day. T.J.

neg: The Elder Scrolls Renewal Project release until late 2014, when the volunteer team chose to divert assets to development instead of user support. A March 2015 update showed updated levels. The developers wrote that they were not close to a release despite technical indications from their project's version number. In mid-2015, the team released its public alpha, an unfinished test version, but it was soon withdrawn. After a year, the project team released its fourth update, which was designed to solicit volunteers for the remaining work. The Elder Scrolls Renewal Project The Elder Scrolls Renewal Project (TESRenewal) is a fan volunteer effort to recreate and

neg: Software release life cycle was the verification before releasing the product to be manufactured. "C" test was the final test before the general availability of the product. As software became a significant part of IBM's offerings, the alpha test terminology was used to denote the pre-announcement test and the beta test was used to show product readiness for general availability. Martin Belsky, a manager on some of IBM's earlier software projects claimed to have invented the terminology. IBM dropped the alpha/beta terminology during the 1960s, but by then it had received fairly wide notice. The usage of "beta test" to refer to testing done

neg: GetDeb the next discrete release for stability reasons. It is generally advisable to subscribe only to Ubuntu's own package repositories where possible, as software offered by GetDeb and PlayDeb has not been extensively tested with the current Ubuntu release and may suffer stability issues. However, in many cases newer versions of software are only omitted from a specific Ubuntu release due to releases typically being static except for security updates. In some cases, software packaged by GetDeb and PlayDeb may be beta or alpha releases - and may also not conform to the Debian or Ubuntu packaging guidelines. GetDeb and PlayDeb

neg: Point release Point release A point release (also a dot release) is a minor release of a software project, especially one intended to fix bugs or do small cleanups rather than add significant features. Often, there are too many bugs to be fixed in a single major or minor release, creating a need for a point release. The term "point release" refers to a common method of software versioning in which a major version is followed by a decimal point and a minor version. When a new minor version is released, the number after the decimal point is incremented, e.g. from 7.0

neg: Dimdim software SugarCRM. Unlike Dimdim's web-hosted services, the Dimdim open source server does not restrict the number of attendees or simultaneous meetings allowed. As of December 2010, at Dimdim's website, there was no download available for the open source version and the only way to download it was from SourceForge.net. Dimdim's acquisition FAQ states that the company would no longer be contributing to the open source project. As of January 2011, an open source fork called miDmiD had been started. An alpha version of Dimdim was released in fall 2006, followed by a private beta launch in fall 2007. The company's

neg: Keio Alpha design and business students from February 2016 onwards to support this project. The team members come from various nationalities: Malaysia, Thailand, China, Japan, Indonesia, France and Mexico. Many other faculty members and industry experts supported Team Keio Alpha with funding and expertise advice to complete the manufacturing of the high speed pod by students. Keio Alpha is the only remaining team from Asia to participate in phase 2 of the Hyperloop pod competition. Keio Alpha Keio Alpha is a student design team formed by a group of postgraduate students from Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University, Japan.

neg: The Age of Spiritual Machines for "uploading" into a computer for example. The latter is much harder to do, he notes, because it requires capturing much more detail, but it will eventually happen as well. When it does "we will be software, not hardware" and our mortality will become a function of our ability to "make frequent backups". Kurzweil notes that many thoughts people have are related to their bodies, and reassures that he does not believe in creating a disembodied brain. He reviews all the various body implants that existed when the book was published, explaining that our bodies are already becoming more synthetic

neg: TextGrid productive version of the software was created and the user base was broadened. Meanwhile, the project reached its third funding phase (June 2012 to May 2015) entitled "TextGrid - Virtual Research Environment for the Humanities". The objective within this phase is the transformation of the project for the continuous operation in financial, legal and technical terms. The following partner institutions are participating during the third funding phase of TextGrid: Scholars from humanities and cultural studies can do their research on textbased data jointly or alone by using the TextGrid software. This environment consists of two main components: User of TextGrid

neg: Typeform (service) I/O is a developer API which creates forms based on user data. The API allows users to generate forms using code rather than the traditional Typeform tool. Typeform (service) Typeform is a Barcelona-based online software as a service (SaaS) company that specializes in online form building and online surveys. Its main software creates dynamic forms based on user needs. Typeform's software has been used by Apple Inc., Airbnb, Uber and Nike, Inc. Typeform produces millions of forms every month. Typeform was founded in 2012 by Robert Muñoz and David Okuniev. Typeform's software was released in Alpha phase by invitation only.

neg: Freedoom Freedoom Freedoom is a project aiming to create open content for the free and open source software "Doom" engine. The project distributes three IWAD files: the two single-player campaigns named "Freedoom: Phase 1" and "Freedoom: Phase 2", and "FreeDM", which contains a collection of deathmatch levels. The project presents itself as complementary to the free and open source code of the "Doom" engine released by id Software in 1997 under the GNU GPL license. The content is licensed under the permissive 3-clause BSD license. It allows custom levels and other customizations designed for "Doom", "Doom II" or "Final Doom" (e.g.

neg: Stomp the Yard Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, a project of Alpha Phi Alpha. The disputed scenes of Alpha Phi Alpha steppers which were deleted from the final release print appear in both versions of the "Stomp the Yard" movie trailer. Despite the controversy, the filmmakers were honored by Alpha Phi Alpha at the Fraternity's 103rd Anniversary Convention held in New Orleans in 2009. The general consensus was that while the film's dance and stepping sequences were found to be impressive, its plot was seen as melodramatic and clichéd. Regardless of the critical reviews, however, the film opened at number-one with