With the perennial tensions between proprietary and open source software (OSS) unlikely to end anytime soon, a $3 billion startup is throwing its weight behind a new licensing paradigm — one that’s ...

Some software developers and companies are considering whether the open source movement is at a crossroads and needs to change direction. Open-source software (OSS), which originated in the 1960s with ...

More than 10 years ago, the trend toward permissive licensing was so pronounced that RedMonk analyst James Governor declared, “Younger [developers] today are about POSS—post open source software.

It is hard to make a living in the open source software business, although it is possible, through the contributions of many, to make great software. In many ways, HashiCorp is arguably the standard ...

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 ...