The term Open Source simply means software or projects with freely accessible source code that anyone can contribute to. The Open Source Initiative was founded in 1998 to promote this ethos in contrast to proprietary commercial models. Since then, … Read more
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How to Contribute to an Open-Source Project
I've been thinking to become an Open-Source developer for a long time. In the past 15 years, I have tried many times to become involved in some open-source project but after some attempts, I gave up. The main reason was generally more because I … Read more
Does open source software have a security problem?
You'd be hard-pressed to find a day where a cybersecurity incident doesn't hit the news, whether it's hackers accessing personal data, undertaking a DDoS attack or deploying ransomware. Over the years, security breaches have crippled industries, … Read more
What is the state of the developer in 2020?
Table Of ContentsProgramming language communities Software Developers in 2020: contributing to open-sourceDevOps Participants and Adoption by DevelopersWhere do machine learning developers run their code in 2020?Augmented Reality (AR) and … Read more
COVID-19 & Open Source: a Shared Global Approach to Emergencies
Table Of ContentsContact tracing in the worldCentralized and decentralized dataOpen source or not? The Italian 'Immuni' appWork in progress: 'Protetti', the (open source) appThe NoiApp team's philosophyHelping the global community: the case for … Read more