I published a version of this article on Medium eight years ago. This version is updated with new references and arguments. Over the last few years, I’ve been a part of lots of discussions — across ...

Open-source code is code that is posted publicly online. Anyone is free to use the code for their own purposes, scrutinize it for bugs or propose new changes or features. Open-source code is the ...

When you hear the term "open source," it's talking about any publicly accessible design that people are free to change and share as they please. It started with software development, with code that ...

Overview Open-source AI gains momentum globally as startups, governments, and enterprises seek flexibility and innovation ...

Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer ...

Just like you probably don't grow and grind wheat to make flour for your bread, most software developers don't write every line of code in a new project from scratch. Doing so would be extremely slow ...

Open source has become less of a “thing” in the last few years. Oh, sure, you’ll find the usual suspects waving their “open source is always better” flag, even as the AI community keeps releasing ...

Generative AI is erasing open source code provenance. FOSS reciprocity collapses when attribution and ownership disappear. The commons that built AI may not survive its success. We live in an ...