For the longest time, open-source was nothing more than a buzzword rattling around the brains of technologists and fans of the Linux operating system. Flash forward a decade or so and open-source has ...

With the perennial tensions between proprietary and open source software (OSS) unlikely to end anytime soon, a $3 billion startup is throwing its weight behind a new licensing paradigm — one that’s ...

The Open Source AI Definition will provide a reference for determining whether an AI system is truly open source AI, OSI said. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) on Monday released the result of a ...

At the Open Source Summit (OSS) Europe event in Vienna, Austria, on Sept. 16, the always colorful Linus Torvalds took the stage in a fireside chat to detail his views on the latest open source and ...

Once the domain of idealistic developers and technology companies, open-source software is now deeply embedded in Wall Street’s core infrastructure. Even global banking institutions—a sector ...

Dina Biagio of Spoor & Fisher explores the impact of open-source software on technology development and highlights the tension between collaborative innovation and traditional intellectual property ...

Some software developers disagree with the open-source community on licensing and compliance issues, arguing that the community needs to redefine what constitutes free open-source code. The term “open ...

Underpinning the digital economy is a deep foundation of open-source software, freely available for anyone to use. The majority of the world’s websites are run using Apache and Nginx, two open-source ...

A dearth of funding for vital open source technologies is leading to a swath of support from startups, unicorns, corporations, and even venture capital firms. “It goes without saying that this holds ...

What just happened? A $3 billion startup called Sentry is backing a new licensing model aimed at striking a balance between open-source and proprietary software. Dubbed "fair source," this model seeks ...