At the heart of OIN's legal strategy is a royalty-free cross-license agreement. Here's how it works and why it's necessary.

Open Invention Network (OIN), the only institution focused on mitigating patent risk in open source software, is marking its 20 th year of protecting Linux and open source technologies from patent ...

Some open-source software products, including the Linux operating system and Kubernetes ... while others have been around for some time and make our list because of their momentum.

The Linux Foundation ... in today’s modern software supply chains with the release of the ‘Vulnerabilities in the Core,’ a preliminary report and census II of open-source software.

It’s true that a key benefit of open-source technology is that it doesn’t require a licensing fee—but thinking of it as just a free solution cultivates the wrong mindset. The real value of open-source ...

However, there are commercial vendors that enhance open source software, provide technical support and charge a fee, the most notable example being the Linux operating system (see Linux distribution).

The courses can be taken individually or combined to earn a Professional Certificate in Open Source Software Development, Linux and Git. Open Source Software Development: Linux for Developers ...

Red Hat today announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8), the first major update of its flagship Linux open-source software operating system and IT infrastructure ...