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 ...

In our wider community we are all familiar with the idea of open source software. Many of us run it as our everyday tools, a lot of us release our work under an open source licence, and we have a ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 19: An information screen informs travellers that train information is not running due to the global technical outage at Canal Street subway station on July 19, 2024 in New ...

Upstreaming can improve your code, simplify development, and lighten your maintenance burden. Follow these best practices when donating code and reap the benefits. Code commonly flows downstream, from ...

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 ...

A.I. companies are divided over whether the technology should be freely available to anyone for modifying and copying, or kept close for safekeeping. By Mike Isaac Mike Isaac has written about the ...

How big a deal is open source? According to a January 2024 Harvard Business School study, rebuilding open-source software (OSS) would cost $8.8 trillion if companies had to develop equivalent ...

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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 software is an increasingly popular software development and distribution model that may spread further in the face of financial constraints in our current economy. With publicly available ...

What’s Next for Open Source Software Security in 2025? Your email has been sent Hidden dependencies, social engineering attacks, and the complexity of foundation models can all contribute tothe ...