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.

As it turns out, open source software is such a good idea that it doesn’t always have to be done for free. Several projects already are pioneering innovations to bring together organizations that want ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – Every day, millions of updates are being made to open-source software projects by programmers across the globe. A new analysis by Idaho State University computer scientists ...

Free and open software have transformed the tech industry. But we still have a lot to work out to make them healthy, equitable enterprises. When Xerox donated a new laser printer to the MIT Artificial ...

In a way, open source and artificial intelligence were born together. Back in 1971, if you'd mentioned AI to most people, they might have thought of Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics. However, AI ...

Open source makes the technology world go ’round, forming as much as 90% of the modern software stack via frameworks; libraries; databases; operating systems; and countless stand-alone applications.

Opinion There has been considerable worry about the impact of the European Union's Cyber Resilience Act on open source programmers. Linux stable kernel maintainer ...

You'd think artificial intelligence (AI) is a boon for developers. After all, a recent Google survey found that 75% of programmers rely on AI. On the other hand, almost 40% report having "little or no ...

Not all software will become open source, according to longtime Autodesk Chairman, President and CEO Carol Bartz. Speaking at a Computer History Museum event in Mountain View, Calif., on Tuesday ...

Michael Tiemann, chief technology officer for Raleigh, N.C.-based software company Red Hat, led about 30 protesters from the Linux World Conference and Expo to a podium outside City Hall. He urged ...