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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Open-source projects allow anyone to examine, modify or improve the respective code, offering significantly more flexibility than proprietary software. They are also gaining momentum by creating ...