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What Is Open Source Software? Meaning, Working, Importance, and Examples

IT Toolbox

Open source software are programs whose source code is freely available for anyone to view, modify, and distribute. Read on to learn more about open source software, how it works, and a few examples of such software. The post What Is Open Source Software?

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Software vendors dump open source, go for the cash grab

Computerworld Vertical IT

Essentially, all software is built using open source. By Synopsys' count, 96% of all codebases contain open-source software. Its program, which goes by the same name, is an extremely popular in-memory database. Lately, though, there's been a very disturbing trend. I'm sick of it.

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Inside Microsoft’s open source program office

Venture Beast

Stormy Peters, director of Microsoft's open source programs office, gives the lowdown on the evolution and role of Microsoft's OSPO. Read More.

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Google stakes new Secure Open Source rewards program for developers with $1M seed money

Tech Republic Security

The SOS program, run by the Linux Foundation, will reward developers with potentially more than $10,000 for enhancing the security of critical open source software.

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Telcos and vendors back open source Project Sylva

TM Forum

Five European operators as well as vendors Ericsson and Nokia have thrown their weight behind a new open source networking project that aims to create a cloud software framework to “reduce the infrastructure fragmentation” in Europe. Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telecom Italia, Telefonica and Vodafone are all backing.

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Google commits $1M to new Linux Foundation open source security rewards program

Venture Beast

Google is sponsoring Secure Open Source (SOS) Rewards, a new open source security program hosted by the Linux Foundation. Read More.

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NSA Releases A New Technology to Open Source Community

CTOvision

Here is their press release : NSA Releases First in Series of Software Products to Open Source Community. The software is “open source,” which means its code is available to the public – in this case, through the Apache Software Foundation. New technology automates high-volume data flows.