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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Done right, openness creates a stronger business structure and a larger surface area for value creation than closed software.

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 ...

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.

The release was not spontaneous, nor was it a leak, as the IRS had already been considering releasing the code as a way to demonstrate a commitment to public trust and enable independent assessment of ...