Open Source Subnet

Kicking Google out of my life, Part 8: Will I ever go back?

After spending two months trying to migrate all of my digital services away from Google, I've found some permanent replacements for Gmail, Google Docs, and Search. Here's why I can't stay away from Android, YouTube, and...

Linux Tycoon

By Bryan Lunduke

Grsecurity will stop issuing patches citing trademark abuse

A major corporation is misusing grsecurity’s trademarks and violating the terms of the GNU Public License – and as a consequence, the leader of the project said Wednesday, grsecurity will stop making its stable patches...

Jon Gold

By Jon Gold

Technology, the law and you: Open-source software

With one real exception, organizations shouldn’t have any legal issues to worry about when opting for open-source.

Jon Gold

By Jon Gold

Hortonworks looks to 'Internet of Anything' with acquisition

The open source Hadoop distribution vendor aims to bring together streaming analytics and rich historical analytics with the acquisition of the key contributor to the Apache NiFi project and the creation of Hortonworks...

Thor Olavsrud

By Thor Olavsrud

13 firms join to open up Ethernet, object-storage to everyone

The Linux Foundation has announced a collaborative of 13 industry-leading companies in support of open source object storage on next generation, Ethernet-enabled storage devices.