There have long been corporate programs, such as those from Black Duck Software, White Source Software, and Sonatype, which provide code scanning and open-source licensing management.

Open For Business Open-source software tools are increasing in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of ...

Failure to follow the licensing conditions for open source software can result in lawsuits, bad public relations, and more. To reduce risk, companies large and small need to have a basic ...

Companies that release software under open source licenses generate revenue in different ways. Some sell support, including Red Hat, which IBM acquired for $34 billion earlier this month. Others ...

So-called open source licenses are a popular way to do just that. But, with more than 60 such licenses available to you, how do you choose the right one?

Open source software is ubiquitous. Most people understand that not all open source is the same. Open source licenses can vary significantly in terms of what they allow and disallow you to do with ...

Combining QA testing with preventive tools for software license management at the developer's workstation can raise the level of savings to over 85%. Kamal Hassin, Director, R&D and Product Management ...

An open source web server, a software foundation, and a permissive license that, unlike the GPL, allows source code to be mixed into non-open source, commercial code.

The coolest open-source software tools in 2022 include the Apache Druid database, Apache Iceberg data analytics tool, Grafana observability software and TensorFlow machine learning platform.

Getting the right license for your open source project can mean the difference between success and failure for your software.