The SolarWinds & Log4j hacks showed open source vulnerabilities. A study looks at the open source community’s efforts to “credit-rate” risk.

Today, 96% of all code bases incorporate open-source software. GitHub, the biggest platform for the open-source community, is used by more than 100 million developers worldwide.

Open source, and specifically open-source software, refers to code that is designed to be publicly available, meaning that anyone can see, modify and distribute the code as they see fit.

Even with all these recent changes, open-source is still better and safer than the black-box proprietary software alternatives. But, we must check and verify code instead of blindly trusting it ...

The 30th anniversary of Java, being celebrated this year, offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on the remarkable changes ...

Whether directly or indirectly, nearly all organizations depend on software created by the open-source community. In fact, an incredible 97% of applications incorporate open-source code, and 90% ...

In fact, open-source code often has critical vulnerabilities, causing concern for the many agencies that build or rely on products using open source. There are big differences between in-house code ...

Companies implementing paid support revenue models for their open-source code or software are the most widespread in the OpenJDK niche, with well-known names such as Amazon Correto and Adopt ...

The volunteers who run open-source software projects are changing the code so that they display anti-war messages—or even wipe entire files.

The results have been mixed, however. Most agencies are now consistent with the federal policy’s goal, though many still have work to do in implementation, according to Code.gov’s tracker. And ...

The nonprofit Open Source Initiative, an industry organization, sets other stipulations and standards for what software is considered open source, but it is largely a matter of the code’s being ...