Institutions are not yet familiar with how to contribute code while retaining IP rights and minimizing any real or perceived risk I just read this interesting Forbes article (via Ostatic) about ...

The world has come to rely upon the free work of millions of skilled software developers—the maintainers of free open-source software (FOSS) projects. But the world hasn’t given them a tip. While it’s ...

CIO.com – If 2008 had a buzzword, it was probably “community.” More and more companies are looking to tap into communities for contributions to open source projects. But following the open-source ...

In my last column, I discussed the underlying intellectual property agreement that drives open-source development. To recap: A program creator gives you the right to view, copy, modify and ...

Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, has some ideas on open-source regulation. LeCun thinks open-source AI should be an international resource. Countries must ensure they are not "impeding open ...