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 ...

Whenever wanting to acquire new enterprise software for your company, there are several factors to consider. While reliability of the system and cost are very important, most companies are now opting ...

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 ...

Open source isn’t just about being nice; it’s a practical way to build tech so that no single company can suddenly pull the rug out from under your project. For a long time, I thought I understood ...

The chief executive of Meta said in an open letter that it was important that the technology was not controlled by a handful of giant companies — including his own. By Mike Isaac Mike Isaac has ...