Free software advocates are praising a federal appeals ruling that allows greater protection for open-source software against copyright infringement. The case ...

For every yin, there’s a yang; for every action, a reaction; and for every piece of proprietary software, there’s an open source alternative. Or something like that. There are potential downsides to ...

Open-source code in commercial network software can mean that when flaws are found by open-source project teams, fixes don’t make it to the commercial products. The continuous influx of open-source ...

Google launched a new site this week designed with open-source developers in mind. Dubbed Google Code, the site includes four open-source projects, APIs, and other tools to assist developers working ...

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A.I. companies are divided over whether the technology should be freely available to anyone for modifying and copying, or kept close for safekeeping. By Mike Isaac Mike Isaac has written about the ...

Sun Microsystems has unveiled an open-source community project to develop a royalty-free digital rights management (DRM) standard. Dubbed Open Media Commons, Sun President and COO Jonathan Schwartz ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Open source refers to a software program or ...

The Steam Deck was a revolution in mobile gaming for PC, but it was also one for a reason most people weren't aware of: bringing Linux to the masses. The Steam Deck runs SteamOS, its own custom ...

The SCO Group’s legal wrangling with IBM and threats directed at customers likely will have reverberations throughout the open source community beyond just the Linux operating system. As Linux and ...

Customize content and workflows with HubSpot CMS software’s unique developer resources. Gain access to a variety of packages and licenses for open source software. HubX Asset Copier is a Chrome ...