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Shared Source licence seeks official open source label.

Microsoft is now officially an open source vendor.

Impossible to marry enterprise and community needs in oneopen source licence.

A hydrogen car would have car enthusiasts excited, but the Riversimple urban car also has the tech community smiling; its detailed plans are totally open-source, making it the future Linux of automobiles

In an exclusive interview, Stallman discusses his views on free versus proprietary and open source software, social networking sites and privacy issues.

Redmond forced to provide free, irrevokable patent pledge to non-commercial open source.

Vendor squabbling is a recipe for confusion, says Gartner.

It doesn't make sense for all software to be open sourced, developercharges.

Closed source software seen as greater security risk.

Most important software trend in decades, says IDC.

Sun adds mobile Java to the open source mix.

Open source malware now accounts for as much as 10% of the overall malware marketplace as criminals cotton onto the many benefits of adaptable code.

Open Solutions Alliance hopes to increase adoption of open source apps.

Industries keeping a sweet outlook during these sour times.

Nearly on a par with commercial software, finds survey.

Will Redmond take over from SCO?.