What does the navigation system of NASA’s 1969 Apollo mission have to do with an app on your phone? Most likely, more than one would think. Working with Inria, the French national research institute ...

Organized by UNESCO, the international conference “Software Heritage, an archive to enable our digital future” highlighted the relevance of Software Heritage’s mission in the context of today's ...

The year 2023 may be remembered as the year AI went mainstream. The potential uses and abuses are starting to materialize, but one thing is certain: Some use cases, such as software development, are ...

If combating attacks and hijackings of legitimate software on open source registries like npm weren’t challenging enough, app makers are increasingly experiencing the consequences of software ...

We trace the rise of free open source software—code that can be freely modified and shared—from philosophical outlier to modern powerhouse Underlying every piece of software you use is source code ...

Internet Archive, which stores web pages, software, music, and book data online as historical materials. The source code of computer games released to the public after being released to the public is ...

Free and open software have transformed the tech industry. But we still have a lot to work out to make them healthy, equitable enterprises. When Xerox donated a new laser printer to the MIT Artificial ...

Hewlett-Packard will release several components of its "Cooltown" software project as open source, hoping to spur interest in its vision for a world filled with interconnected gadgets. Stephen ...

Open source is where using free products doesn't mean you're the product!