Did you know you can contribute to many open-source projects without being an expert on GitHub, Git, or coding? Whether or not you're an experienced programmer, you can learn how to use the most ...

Code commonly flows downstream, from an open-source project into an organization’s own products. Upstreaming is the process of reversing that flow—contributing code back to an open-source project.

CIO.com – If 2008 had a buzzword, it was probably “community.” More and more companies are looking to tap into communities for contributions to open source projects. But following the open-source ...

Plenty of people have put together systems to collect, judge, and evaluate open-source projects, including information about a project's popularity, reliability, and activity. But they all have flaws.

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When Apple announced at last week's Worldwide Developer Conference that it was releasing Swift, its new programming language for Apple iPhone app development, to open source, it got the biggest cheers ...

Contributing to open-source projects can give software developers an edge over other applicants in the competitive IT job market, say hiring professionals. “The phrase we use is ‘code is the new ...

It used to be that key technology came from commercial companies like IBM and Microsoft and Sun. Even when Linux started to be a significant part of IT infrastructure, businesses got it from ...

I got a chance to deeply understand the world of OSS (Open Source Software) while I was at Docker, which is one of the most popular and used open source projects. I have to confess that I fell in love ...

Contributing to open-source projects can give software developers an edge over other applicants in the competitive IT job market, say hiring professionals. “The phrase we use is ‘code is the new ...