Is BaconMap Free? What is Open Source (GPL)? Where can I get it? What do I need to use it?

Why is it free? - - -

Yes. Not only is it free to download and use, but it's an Open Source Project released under the GPL.

Open Source simply means that BaconMap can be downloaded and modified by anyone to suit their personal needs, so long as they abide by the GPL. GPL stands for General Public License, and you can see more details about it and see the actual license text HERE.

You can download the latest version of BaconMap from our page at SourceForge, HERE.

• Webserver (Tested under Apache 2) running:
• PHP (Tested under 5.X, untested under 4.X)
• MySQL (Tested under 5)
• Ability to change file permissions

In addition, you'll need to download and install GraphViz (Get it here) if you want to view maps and flowcharts of your resources. It's a free open source program that creates flowcharts on the fly, and it's what we use to create that actual maps. BaconMap will work without GraphViz, but maps and flowchars won't be available.

We started from the outset of this project with the intention of making it open source and free to use because we identified a problem in our own IT shop and figured that other IT shops might benefit from the same solution.

Since we rely on many open source software packages ourselves, we thought it would be a good way to give back by making BaconMap open source and availalble to the public. We designed it with that in mind. Trust us, our internal programs don't look nearly as pretty. :)