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 ...

Arguments about what is and isn’t “open source” are often resolved by deferring to the Open Source Initiative (OSI): If a piece of software is available under a license rubber stamped as “open source” ...

Look no further than the recent forkings of Redis and Terraform to see where the true power lies in the land of open source. A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, a deceptively simple idea ...

Because open-source software is written by individual developers or groups of developers on their own time and with their own resources, the quality of the product is an unknown. Stacey Quandt of ...

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 ...