Open source software

https://opensource.com/article/18/6/gplv3-anniversary On the 11th anniversary of the GPLv3 license, learn about its lasting contributions to free and open source software. →

https://opensource.com/article/18/2/open-source-audio-visual-production-tools Open source is a great option for producing professional-level audio-visual materials. There are a lot of reasons that people choose open source over proprietary options. This article is a compiled list of open source audio and video tools – and related hardware. →

https://opensource.com/article/17/5/30-best-practices-software-development-and-testing These software engineering rules and testing best practices might help save you time and headaches. →

https://opensource.com/article/18/2/coining-term-open-source-software On February 3, is the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the term “open source software“. This article tells the story how this term started to replace term “free software”. →

https://blog.github.com/2018-03-14-eu-proposal-upload-filters-code/ The EU is considering a copyright proposal that would require code-sharing platforms to monitor all content that users upload for potential copyright infringement (see the EU Commission’s proposed Article 13 of the Copyright Directive). The proposal is aimed at music and videos on streaming platforms. However, the way it’s written captures many other types →

https://opensource.com/alternatives/minecraft Interested in a free Minecraft alternative? Here’s a quick look at some clones and derivatives out there that you really ought to check out. →

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/github-here-are-the-biggest-open-source-project-trends-well-see-in-2018/ Cross-platform development, new skills, and deep learning communities are seeing the most growth on GitHub. Developers are also heading to the site to look at deep learning projects as artificial intelligence continues to grow. →

https://opensource.com/article/18/2/open-source-audio-visual-production-tools Open source is well established in cloud infrastructure, web hosting, embedded devices, and many other areas. Open source is also a great option for producing professional-level audio-visual materials. The list is divided into graphics, audio, video, and animation solutions →

https://opensource.com/alternatives/dreamweaver Not all that many years ago, pretty much every webpage on the Internet was, at some level, designed painstakingly by hand editing of HTML. It was tough. Next step was that WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor began to emerge as a tool of empowerment to millions of amateur and professional →

https://opensource.com/article/18/2/pivotal-moments-history-open-source Here’s how open source developed from a printer jam solution at MIT to a major development model in the tech industry today. NDAs and proprietary software licenses became the norms, and the best programmers were hired from universities to private projects. As a reaction to this, Stallman resolved that he would create a complete →