There are good reasons to go with free and open-source alternatives to commercial software. In many cases, it’s better, and it is typically free. For instance, there are feature-rich open-source ...

Arguments about what is and isn't open source can be resolved by deferring to the OSI's definition -- but there is much more ...

That’s because he’s the founder of curl, an open source internet transfer engine that has been downloaded billions of times and is used to transfer data to and from computer servers. It was first ...

While it's not perfect, Shotcut is still good, honest, free video editing software of the open-source variety. We did find some issues during our testing with it, but nothing serious, nothing that ...

Open source began as a rebellious idea to transform software development. Two decades later, it has firmly become the default ...

Ever wanted to know the difference between Apache 2.0 and MIT? Or permissive and copyleft open source licenses? Read on.

LeCun has advocated for open-source models, saying that these systems should not be controlled by a small number of people.

The FOSSASIA Summit is the closest we have to FOSDEM in Asia. It's a free and open-source event taking place each year in ...

Open-source software will continue its march through ... non-profit sources of funding. For free community-driven OSS, a systemic, sustainable, and efficient funding model is still missing.