It doesn’t let you do everything and you might still have to pay.

An examination of how patent rights intersect with open source software (OSS) licensing obligations, including why developers may strategically patent OSS, key patent-related provisions in permissive ...

The popularity of open-source software continues to grow because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack of ...

Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He ...

Using generative AI effectively in the enterprise involves navigating a range of challenges, from ensuring training data quality to fine-tuning models and mitigating security risks. Another challenge ...

With an open source license, users can see the actual application code and can build and run applications freely. AI throws a wrench in this paradigm. Unlike a traditional software application, an AI ...

Transparency is great, but GitHub isn’t a security certificate.

You’ve probably heard artificial intelligence models described as “open” or “closed.” These are not descriptions of the model’s personality. Large language model AIs like the one under the hood of ...

Open source software is a vital part of modern computing; it’s involved in much of the software we use every day. But is it too good to be true, and is it really free, in either sense of the word?

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 ...