When the U.S. Government licenses commercial software, it generally does so under the same terms as any other commercial software licensee, unless the terms of that license are inconsistent with ...

When doing business with the Department of Defense (DOD), it is imperative that contractors protect their intellectual property (IP) and ...

Yet another software license is vying for the attentions of SaaS companies seeking to align themselves with the open source realm, without compromising their commercial endeavors. “There’s been a long ...

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are urging the Department of Veterans Affairs to do a more thorough job of tracking the commercial software licenses it holds — and actually uses — before acquiring additional ...

Open source software makes inroads vs. proprietary software despite warnings of Microsoft, others. Open source software initially was a head-scratcher: “How can you make money selling something for ...

Editors' note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes' bio below. Consumer advocates are up in arms over a recent ruling by a federal court of appeals in Seattle. The decision, Vernor v. Autodesk ...

Open source licenses are a foundational part of the commercial software development process, offering freedom to use, modify, ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. In their work discussing the history of software licensing, intellectual property scholars Michael L. Rustad and Maria Vittoria Onufrio ...

Organizations, regardless of industry, must do a better job maintaining open source components given their critical nature in software, according to this year’s risk analysis report by cybersecurity ...

Commercial open source is evolving as fast as the technical innovation it fosters. Are open-source vendors balancing community and revenue effectively? Dave Rosenberg has more than 15 years of ...