Open Invention Network (OIN), the only organization dedicated to mitigating patent risk in open source software (OSS), today announced the preservation of the source code that makes up OIN 2.0’s Linux ...

Microsoft Corp. is expanding a source-code sharing program for its Windows CE mobile operating system and giving users and software developers the ability to alter the code, provided that they do so ...

Microsoft is also in serious talks to extend the Shared Source Initiative program to ISVs. In an interview with CRN, Microsoft Shared Source Product Manager Jason Matusow said expanding source code ...

Trellix, the cybersecurity firm born from the 2022 merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye, confirmed in May 2026 that an ...

Dutch government launches self-hosted Git platform to reduce reliance on US tech companies ...

Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer program without copying that program’s copyright-protected code directly.

Winamp, through its Belgian owner Llama Group, posted the source for its “Legacy Player Code” on September 24 so that developers could “contribute their expertise, ideas, and passion to help this ...

The open source movement, which began as an effort to ensure programmers had the freedom to modify and redistribute source code to support and learn from each other, is now a catalyst of innovation ...

Overview:  Docker has become one of the most important tools in modern software development, cloud deployment, and DevOps ...

Project Glasswing scans open-source code for vulnerabilities. But open source was already the most scrutinized software on earth. The real exposure is everywhere else ...