Open source software is a vital part of modern computing; it’s involved in much of the software we use every day. But is it too good to be true, and is it really free, in either sense of the word?

Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer ...

Generative AI is erasing open source code provenance. FOSS reciprocity collapses when attribution and ownership disappear. The commons that built AI may not survive its success. We live in an ...

The vote in the core PHP team on new open-source licenses has begun. These are intended to create a uniform regulation.

The popularity of open-source software continues to grow because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack of ...

The IT Planning Council has revised eight EVB-IT model contracts. Open source will become the standard for new software, ...

We talk about open source software in the wrong way. The conversation always comes back to cost savings, licensing fees and avoiding vendor lock-in. These things matter, but they're not why open ...