Closed-source software also comes with the specter of vendor lock-in, and "security through obscurity." Now, I don't want to repeat the semi-myth that open source software is inherently more secure ...

Presented by the CNLL ( Conseil national du logiciel libre /National Free Software Council), this award recognises the work ...

Schleswig-Holstein saves 15 million euros in license costs by migrating from Microsoft to free software. The conversion is ...

A letter from the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee cites previous Nextgov/FCW reporting about a potential ...

Muse Group—owner of the popular audio-editing app Audacity—is in hot water with the open source community again. This time, the controversy isn’t over Audacity—it’s about MuseScore, an open source ...

Elastic is evolving its security training to modular, on-demand formats - at no cost - to reach more learners. It is focusing ...

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The repository of the popular Syncthing fork for Android disappeared from GitHub and reappeared under dubious circumstances – is this an open-source hack?