IBM is putting its corporate heft behind a popular open-source Web development technology called PHP, in a move meant to reach out to a broader set of developers. On Friday, the tech giant announced a ...

Like a benevolent Borg, open source sweeps across the software universe year after year, bringing innovation to everything it touches. And year after year, InfoWorld’s Best of Open Source Awards, aka ...

In the past 20 years, open source software (OSS) has radically changed software development. Open source has gone from being a niche movement to mainstream and is now a core part of the commercial and ...

The vote in the core PHP team on new open-source licenses has begun. These are intended to create a uniform regulation. PHP Internals, the core members of the project, are currently voting on a new ...

Open-source software is non-proprietary software that can allow for collaboration and modification among developers. While developers are typically encouraged to view, modify, and improve open-source ...

If you write software, chances are I don't need to sell you on the benefits of open source. As a business leader, you might not be so attracted to using code that's open to the public. Even if you are ...