Open source software (OSS) refers to computer software which is released and distributed with its source code open for modification by other users. The source code is released under a license where ...

This is a guide to how to license research software. It collects together the advice we give to researchers on how to license research software. It is not exhaustive. Please get in touch if you think ...

Arguments about what is and isn’t “open source” are often resolved by deferring to the Open Source Initiative (OSI): If a piece of software is available under a license rubber stamped as “open source” ...

Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; President: Masashi Nagayasu) has achieved conformance with the international standard ISO/IEC 5230 (OpenChain) on open ...

Why have Sky updated the software on my device? As part of our ongoing commitment to continue to provide new and innovative products and services to our customers, we have downloaded an updated ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

Over the last few years, companies like Redis, Elastic, MongoDB, and HashiCorp have abandoned their open-source license roots and switched to proprietary models. However, there is one significant ...

Closed-source software also comes with the specter of vendor lock-in, and "security through obscurity." Now, I don't want to repeat the semi-myth that open source software is inherently more secure ...

The popularity of open-source software continues to grow because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack of ...