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-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

With the perennial tensions between proprietary and open source software (OSS) unlikely to end anytime soon, a $3 billion startup is throwing its weight behind a new licensing paradigm — one that’s ...

It is not uncommon for open source licenses to change. When licenses change, users often need to re-evaluate compliance risks. Take Redis as an example. Redis is a popular key-value store whose open ...

What does it mean to be “open source,” and how hard is it to deliver open-source products as a business strategy? These questions loom larger after HashiCorp’s announcement last week that it will move ...

It’s sometimes been said that the GPL is the best license for building an open source business. The reasoning is straightforward: The GPL has a reciprocal property such that those who embed and ...

The cost-free nature of open source AI software does not necessarily equate to automatically being risk-free. As is explained below, a company should carefully consider the risks of using open-source ...

Arguments about what is and isn’t “open source” are often resolved by deferring to the Open Source Initiative (OSI): If a piece of software is available under a license rubber stamped as “open source” ...

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

What just happened? A $3 billion startup called Sentry is backing a new licensing model aimed at striking a balance between open-source and proprietary software. Dubbed "fair source," this model seeks ...

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-cost-of-ownership, lack ...