Institutions are not yet familiar with how to contribute code while retaining IP rights and minimizing any real or perceived risk I just read this interesting Forbes article (via Ostatic) about ...

The world has come to rely upon the free work of millions of skilled software developers—the maintainers of free open-source software (FOSS) projects. But the world hasn’t given them a tip. While it’s ...

The open source movement, which began as an effort to ensure programmers had the freedom to modify and redistribute source code to support and learn from each other, is now a catalyst of innovation ...

CIO.com – If 2008 had a buzzword, it was probably “community.” More and more companies are looking to tap into communities for contributions to open source projects. But following the open-source ...

John Ellis is the President and Head of Product for Codethink, a world-class provider of critical, high-performance software projects. Open-source software is publicly available software developed and ...

As an open source-first company, Bloomberg believes it is imperative to be an active adopter, contributor, and funder of the open source software ecosystem. Open source powers everything from ...

Dirk-Peter van-Leeuwen is the CEO of SUSE, a global leader in innovative, reliable and secure enterprise open source solutions. Monoculture has drawbacks—not just in agriculture but also in IT.

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