Institutions are not yet familiar with how to contribute code while retaining IP rights and minimizing any real or perceived risk I just read this interesting Forbes article (via Ostatic) about ...

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 ...

CIO.com – If 2008 had a buzzword, it was probably “community.” More and more companies are looking to tap into communities for contributions to open source projects. But following the open-source ...

John Ellis is the President and Head of Product for Codethink, a world-class provider of critical, high-performance software projects. Open-source software is publicly available software developed and ...

In my last column, I discussed the underlying intellectual property agreement that drives open-source development. To recap: A program creator gives you the right to view, copy, modify and ...

Once the domain of idealistic developers and technology companies, open-source software is now deeply embedded in Wall Street’s core infrastructure. Even global banking institutions—a sector ...