Microsoft has released the source code for the BASIC version it developed in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor, a central ...

"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...

Learn how first-year engineering students can navigate open-source projects, gain valuable skills, and increase chances of GSoC selection.

Microsoft just open-sourced 6502 BASIC (BASIC M6502 8K VER 1.1) from 1978. The code powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, and ...

Open source software has fewer defects on average than proprietary code does, according to new data from Coverity.

To help us all better understand Android, Google has made it possible to browse and search through Android Open Source Project code.

Open source software is born free, with source code available for all to see, debug, and even fork. But just because open source software is freely available does not mean it cannot generate revenue.

The open-source code principles of the university are recommended for use when developing software and software components for the University of Helsinki.

Open source code has exploded in popularity and become an essential building block for modern software (as it can dramatically increase the speed and efficiency of software builds). The ...

This issue of whether you can pull code from an open-source program under the GPLv2 keeps coming up. In the last go-around, some people argued they could take their code out of Linux.

SCO says proprietary source code underlying Unix has been illegally copied into the Linux kernel. SCO critics argue that because the company shipped a Linux product under an open-source license ...