The original open-source projects were not really businesses, they were revolutions against the unfair profits that closed-source software companies were reaping.

Open-source solutions power everything from website builds to ready-made and custom applications, but many businesses don’t know of all the benefits and drawbacks.

There are potential downsides to open source software, such as a lack of formal customer support, limited features, or technical hurdles around deployment.

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 ...

Open-source software allows anyone to modify, enhance, or view the source code behind it. It can encourage collaboration in development.

But most open-source software maintenance is done on a volunteer basis. “I did this myself, like after midnight,” says Siepel of his tech-support efforts on PHAST.

One of the most persistent myths surrounding Linux and other open source software is that there’s no easy way to get good support. Just this week, for instance, we saw this claim used in ...

A recent uptick in disruptions to open source software, including incidents aimed at objecting to Russia's war in Ukraine, have left the community on edge.

Optional Software Services And Support Companies contributing to and working on open-source software do not always have the option to charge money directly for the product they create.

An open source web server, a software foundation, and a permissive license that, unlike the GPL, allows source code to be mixed into non-open source, commercial code.

Meanwhile, a growing number of tech leaders and companies are setting themselves up as open-source champions. But there’s a fundamental problem—no one can agree on what “open-source AI” means.