Open Source / GPL

The U.S. Code is the operating system of our system of government, the line-by-line instructions that govern our federal government. The code contains provisions for pretty much everything you can…

Part of the early received wisdom about open-source was that it couldn't last: why would people donate their time and expertise to creating something for no return?

The question interested…

Developers with the Bandit and Eclipse Higgins projects will demonstrate a new open source tool for authenticating users across multiple ID management systems at next week's RSA Conference in San…

Open-source business intelligence software vendor JasperSoft Corp. is set to unveil the final piece in its BI suite, JasperETL, after signing its first full-blown original equipment manufacturer (…

Despite being distributed across the globe, and communications being largely conducted online, open source projects can benefit immensely from direct human contact, says one of the fathers of…

According to the SourceKibitzer's management estimates, there are 5 000 active Open Source projects written in Java language out of 50 000 existing ones. For the moment the company has measured…

3Com is moving away from proprietary solutions by creating what it says is an open platform for its enterprise-class switches and routers.

The company announced today the creation of what…

I heard that the open source software movement grew up when it was noticed that people reacted badly to the idealism that the phrase “free software” suggests. In an attempt to attract more people…

Going by a recent survey by the Forum for Open Source Initiatives in India (FOSII), the organisers of LinuxAsia 2007, the Indian market for open source, including IT solutions, training and…

Three years ago, the travel industry was still struggling in the wake of the 9-11 disaster and Spirit Cruise Lines had to be particularly cost conscious when it went about replacing its CRM system…