Powerful open-source gateway software enables developers to create SMS services on a budget, according to a talk at the upcoming FOSS.in conference. The FOSS.in conference, since its 2001 launch, has ...

I think I finally figured it out. Matt says that FOSS software can't be sold while open source can be. This is a feature, not a bug. It's why the GNU smiles. Much of my confusion involves the GPL and ...

Leveraging Free and Open-Source Software on the battlefield. DOD has witnessed the pivotal role technology plays on the modern battlefield and felt the sting of relying on software that fails to meet ...

There's been some back and forth between various members of the technical press about whether the open source movement has lost its idealism, and the relative virtues of shunning or accepting ...

Microsoft's recent survey proclaimed nearly half the population believe it is ok to use pirated software for personal use. This diminishes the argument by Linux advocates that you can use their ...

Responding to student interest and a growing industry demand for workers with such skills, Rochester Institute of Technology is launching the nation’s first interdisciplinary minor in free and open ...

Free and Open Source (FOSS) has become an integral part of commercial software development, but the extent of the dependency is astonishing: in his presentation at the seventh FOSS Backstage ...

A list of FOSS alternatives to popular proprietary software was compiled in to an infographic by [email protected]. We've contributed by making a text list of the infographic. Now it's your turn-- ...

The organisation has currently handed over these demands to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Dravida Munnetra Khazhagam (DMK), Communist Party of India, and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi. It ...

Given the price of 'industry standard' proprietary software from Adobe, Microsoft and other vendors, it's no surprise that people often look to free and open-source software (FOSS) for a ...