The beauty of open source programming is that there are a lot of code libraries available to software application developers, obviously. Some would call it a ‘goldmine’ of open source code.

Open-source companies need to turn a profit to remain viable as businesses, but that is easier said than done when you commit to providing your own source code freely.

Ever pondered how companies make money from free and open-source development projects? Con Zymaris puts forward the case.

Today, most of the tech projects offering services in open-source are generally using open-source code in their products but are neither the creators nor the contributors to the open-source.

Smaller open source developers are fighting back against tech giants like Amazon using their code in commercial services.

Open-source code in public repositories might contain malware or unintentional vulnerabilities. Here's how to best manage finding and mitigating potential problems.

In the dead of winter 20 years ago, Netscape — inspired in part by a treatise on Linux and free software development — released the source code for its Netscape Communicator web browser. The ...