open source softwareFLOSSfree softwarelicencesThis paper discusses the details behind the Open Source Software development scheme by looking at some of the most prevalent licences, and then by asking the question of whether Open Source will survive the legal battles that are starting to affect it, ...
A review of the basic theory of optimal open-source software contributions points to three key factors affecting the decision to contribute to the open-source development process: nonpecuniary benefits, future expected monetary returns, and open-source licence type. This paper argues that existing lar...
Open source applications are generally freely available -- although there's nothing stopping the developer from charging for copies of the software if they allow redistribution of the application and its source code afterwards. However, that's not what "free software" refers to. The "free" in f...
There are different definitions of open source, but they generally all hit on the same key points. To be open source, software must be freely available and members of the public are freely allowed to inspect, modify, and distribute the code at their discretion. This includes the sale or com...
Software giants struggle to compete with newer and more agile open source competitors who leverage their huge communities of engaged users to penetrate the market bottom up. These startups are moving much quicker and are making a sizable market impact thanks to the increasingly low barriers of ado...
"There certainly will be niches and new areas where there is room for traditional software as well, but I think the benefits of utilizing and sharing your own developments are so great it’s definitely going to march on, and it’s going to be even more and more common," Nousiainen said...
Let's explore why open source software is so attractive for Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in Europe. Combining open source efforts Universities do their best to develop and support various open source initiatives. Thus, there is theOpen Source University Alliance, an initiative of the Erasmus...
Andy: Containers are more of a packaging and deployment technology. They don't impact the fundamental software we're writing. We can just instruct our tools to produce a Docker container at the end of the build. Then, when we debug, the application runs out of that local container instead...
I have to trust that the manufacturer didn't use dangerous materials or unethical business practices, but that's usually where the risks end. Using proprietary, closed source software requires I trust that the developer isn't doing anything with my data that I don't approve. There'sno way ...
What happens in case there is a problem with a piece of open source software your system depends on? To whom are you going to turn to get your problem fixed? This is not a question you want to ask yourself when the problem arises. You need to have a plan so that your system doesn...