“What is the point in obtaining a copyright in software? Not much, if Google can copy 11,500 lines of your code and it can still be a fair use. Copyrights just don ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

"Our bad," declares company, deciding that the Mozilla Public License is once again an option for Google Code projects. Also added: the Eclipse Public License. Stephen Shankland Former Principal ...

A group of nine application security service providers announced they would "fork" the popular code-scanning project Semgrep, creating a new codebase, after a series of moves by the eponymous startup ...

The FBI has faced claims over the improper use of OpenZeppelin’s libraries in its smart contracts, sparking legal concerns. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been criticized ...

Earlier this year the company that’s now in charge of Winamp announced plans to release the source code for Windows music player that was hugely popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s at the dawn ...

You don’t need a computer science degree, a college education, a state license, or anyone’s permission to write code. Just do it. One of the coolest things about software development is that you don’t ...