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 ...

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 ...

Upstreaming can improve your code, simplify development, and lighten your maintenance burden. Follow these best practices when donating code and reap the benefits. Code commonly flows downstream, from ...

The expert team at Freeform Dynamics offer news and views on the latest hot topics, and pragmatic advice based on real-world experience and meaningful research studies. Could voluntary work on open ...

Open source is no longer a novelty, even within the largest corporations. Today, 53% of businesses use open-source software, according to a recent CIO.com survey. However, not enough of those ...

John Ellis is the President and Head of Product for Codethink, a world-class provider of critical, high-performance software projects. Open-source software is publicly available software developed and ...

It isn’t the person making the contributions—it’s how easy the contributions make it to use the software. “Nobody cares if you contribute.” That’s what a Postgres friend said to me during lunch at ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The finance sector has an interesting relationship with open source. For many years, open ...

The co-founder of Databricks, a leading data and AI technology company, recently emphasized the need for the United States to ...