Open-source solutions power everything from website builds to ready-made and custom applications, but many businesses don’t know of all the benefits and drawbacks.

There are potential downsides to open source software, such as a lack of formal customer support, limited features, or technical hurdles around deployment.

Free and open software have transformed the tech industry. But we still have a lot to work out to make them healthy, equitable enterprises. When Xerox donated a new laser printer to the MIT Artificial ...

Tracking open source software companies that have gone proprietary over the past 10 years: A timeline.

Open-source software allows anyone to modify, enhance, or view the source code behind it. It can encourage collaboration in development.

Tech leaders share the impact open source software has had on the industry.

Software that is distributed with its source code so that end user organizations and vendors can modify it for their own purposes. Most open source licenses allow the software to be redistributed ...