After years of in-house programming work, Google's mobile-phone operating system is now open-source software. Next: will it catch on as a collaborative project?

It seems this fresh Android prototype has once again stirred up interest in the open-source OS, and one of the common questions is "what smartphone… ...

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Hardware has always lagged behind software in the open source movement. But one website is beginning to change that.

Otherwise, calling something open source hardware will inevitably lose its meaning. Is this what we want, in exchange for a few flashy commercial projects?

Open-source hardware (OSHW) concerns hardware design that is publicly available for anyone to study, modify, distribute, make, or sell, or hardware based on that design.

Thanks to a vibrant developer community, Android users have access to a fantastic selection of open-source apps. Whether you seek transparency, trust, or freedom from locked-down ecosystems, open ...

Open source is a powerful force in software development. So why don't we see the same thing in hardware? Modern chips, including microprocessors, are designed around “soft” reusable components. What's ...

Most of Android's problems stem from the fact that it is an open source operating system.