The document discusses Ruote, an open source workflow engine written in Ruby. It notes that Ruote is a commercial open source project licensed under BSD, and can be used to manage long running asynchronous processes, start and stop processes, modify running processes, and handle errors by fixing and restarting processes. Ruote aims to provide clear and concise process definitions that are easy to write and maintain, making it appealing to those who follow agile software development principles.

1. open source
workflow engine
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2. open source
commercial open source
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not a vendor !
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BSD license
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3. workflow engine
long running [asynchronous] processes
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start/stop processes or engine
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error => fix and restart processes
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modify already running processes
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incidentally BPM
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clear and concise process definitions
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[business] processes
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it’s only a tool
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5. ruby
workflow engine

6. ruby
clear and concise
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easy to write and maintain
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agile people love it
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