The label open source was created and adopted by a group of people in the free software movement at a strategy session held at Palo Alto, California, in reaction to Netscape's … See more

Historically, researchers have characterized open-source contributors as a centralized, onion-shaped group. The center of the onion consists of the core contributors who drive the project forward through large amounts of code and software design … See more

The vast majority of programmers in open-source communities are male. In a 2006 study for the European Union on free and open-source software communities, researchers found … See more

The open-source movement has faced a number of legal challenges. Companies that manage open-source products have some difficulty … See more

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) was instrumental in the formalization of the open-source movement. The OSI was founded by Eric Raymond and Bruce Perens in February … See more

With the growth and attention on the open-source movement, the reasons and motivations of programmers for creating code for free has been under investigation. In a paper from the 15th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association on the open-source … See more

Libraries are using open-source software to develop information as well as library services. The purpose of open source is to provide a software that is cheaper, reliable and has better quality. The one feature that makes this software so sought after is that it is free. … See more