There are a number of myths that prevail about open-source software. Let’s tackle five of them. Myth 1: Proprietary code is better quality than open-source code. We’ll start with a big one.

Open-source software powers the majority of today’s businesses. An estimated 70% to 90% of modern software solutions use a code base made up of open-source components, according to 2022 data ...

Open To New Ideas Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total ...

The open-source development ecosystem has experienced a significant rise in malicious software components, putting enterprises on high alert for software supply chain attacks.

In October 2024, the Open Source Initiative established a definition for open-source AI. According to the initiative, open-source AI has four key elements: the freedom to use, study, modify, and ...

With open-source software, the code is readily available, so you can make changes to how it works. I realize this takes special skills but it's sometimes not as challenging as you might think.

Perhaps for a castle, but not necessarily in the case of software. To the contrary, being open source is preferable for security compared to obfuscation. As the saying goes, obscurity is not security.

Open source makes the technology world go ’round, forming as much as 90% of the modern software stack via frameworks; libraries; databases; operating systems; and countless stand-alone applications.

It’s important, because open source goes beyond mere ability to copy, and extends into modifying and extending the project. Without those extra files, as with my Tildagon-as-Gerbers example ...

The Federal Source Code Policy, for instance, requires federal agencies to release at least 20% of new custom-developed code as open-source software. It doesn't, however, mandate the use of open ...

A Software Free-For-All Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower ...