In the past 20 years, open source software (OSS) has radically changed software development.

The combination of open-source software with artificial intelligence is opening up new possibilities for custom software ...

To help open source projects navigate these foundational questions, this report addresses a number of key considerations that those managing open source software development initiatives should take ...

Financial services companies are rapidly adopting open source software and they are contributing back to those projects more than in the past. But pockets of resistance still exist, and some banks are ...

Open source projects are emerging to further software development practices based on RESTful APIs, which are becoming more instrumental in providing app back-end services and other functionality.

Contributing to open-source projects can give software developers an edge over other applicants in the competitive IT job market, say hiring professionals.

Beloved by Linux users since its original release in 1996, GIMP is one of the most famous and best-maintained open source software tools out there. This software is about as close to image editing ...

Computer software projects are among the most complex artifacts ever created by humans. Some of the most complex are "open source" programs that are created by a floating group of volunteers ...

GitClear, maker of a toolkit for generating software project performance metrics, has publicly released Open Repos, a free tool to make it easier for contributors to participate in open source ...

Once “infected”by open-source software, these projects work their way through the development cycles of organizations from design, to prototyping, to development, to integration and testing ...