[ad_1] ​If you look for the official definition of open source, you’ll likely stumble upon this outline from the board members of the Open Source Initiative. If you skim through it, you’re sure to find some idea or concept that you feel very aligned with. At its heart, openness (and open source) is about free…

[ad_1] In 1996, the term “open source” didn’t exist. Yet 20 years later, open source technology spans countless projects and brings together the collective talent of millions. Take a close look at any open source project or community of developers and you’ll find incredible levels of speed, innovation, and agility. Open source participation varies wildly.…

[ad_1] I don’t think much about it while I’m driving, but I sure do love that my car is equipped with a system that lets me use a few buttons and my voice to call my wife, mom, and children. That same system allows me to choose whether I listen to music streaming from the…

[ad_1] Nineteen years ago this week, at an annual meeting of Linux-Kongress in Bavaria, an American programmer named Eric Raymond delivered the first version of a working paper he called “The Cathedral and the Bazaar.” According to Raymond, the exploratory and largely speculative account of some curious new programming practices contained “no really fundamental discovery.”…

[ad_1] Are you interested in keeping track of what is happening in the open source cloud? Opensource.com is your source for news in OpenStack, the open source cloud infrastructure project. read more [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] We’re kicking off our Open Source & Hardware series in style by giving away a SparkFun Inventor’s Kit to one lucky reader. The $99.95 kit includes an Arduino, a SparkFun RedBoard, and lots of other extras you’ll need to get started, including: A guidebook with 16 projects to try White solderless breadboard Carrying case…

[ad_1] Sumana Harihareswara and Maria Naggaga gave back-to-back talks at OSCON 2016 on how we can build our open source communities in such a way that contributors feel safe and loved. First, recognize that people participate in open source for many reasons. Some of us are lucky enough to get paid to work on it, others are…

[ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at Linksys saying no to the FCC’s router rules, Mozilla expands its funding for open source projects, a new open source project from LinkedIn, and more. Open source news roundup for May 15-21, 2016 Linksys to allow open source firmware on…

[ad_1] Hello open gamers! This week we’re going to take a look at what’s going on with Space Nerds in Space, Ryzom on Steam, and the newest OpenRA. Open gaming roundup for May 15-21, 2016 Space Nerds in Space with voice control Over the last few months, SNIS creator Stephen Cameron has been helping to…

[ad_1] Christian Grail gave a talk at OSCON 2016 titled: “How to convince your manager to go open source.” I thought the perspective was going to be from the user side but it was from the employee side, about convincing your manager to open source the projects at your company. 6 questions your manager will ask “Isn’t…