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?

What’s missing from many of these discussions is a thorough explanation of what open source software actually is, and why exactly it promises an alternative. In this post, I’ll talk about the history ...

The new Open Community License (OCL) differed from open source licenses in that it prohibits the use of the designs for ...

Open-source risk is often simplistically reduced to security headlines about the latest vulnerability or bug count. Security matters, of course, but it is only one dimension of a broader risk surface ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

When you hear the term "open source," it's talking about any publicly accessible design that people are free to change and share as they please. It started with software development, with code that ...

Open Source AI agents can handle email and financial analysis using tools like Olama and NA10, helping teams automate routine tasks.

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 ...