Code commonly flows downstream, from an open-source project into an organization’s own products. Upstreaming is the process of reversing that flow—contributing code back to an open-source project.

Sonar, the Clean Code solution provider, is announcing a new capability for its SonarCloud platform: Zero-configuration, automatic analysis for programming languages C and C++. This capability allows ...

Open source refers to software or other projects with source code that can be viewed, modified, or upgraded by anyone. Learn about the pros and cons of open source.

Open source is a great source of free tools for developers, but as these projects proliferate, and some gain in popularity, the creators sometimes look for ways to monetize successful ones. The ...

Apache An open source web server, a software foundation, and a permissive license that, unlike the GPL, allows source code to be mixed into non-open source, commercial code. Open core software ...

Microsoft has eased some licensing requirements for Visual Studio Build Tools (VSBT), which comprises a standalone MSVC compiler, libraries and scripts for C++.