Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part feature on software policy. Part one examines the license model differences between open source and commercial software. Next week's instalment will ...

Terms such as Freeware, Free software, Open source, Shareware, Trialware, Adware, Nagware, etc are often used to define programs. Does one really know the difference between freeware and free ...

We have been living through another cold war. Not geo-political — digital. Open-source software versus commercial software has long been on the brink of going nuclear, fought in the shadows with ...

Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software companies. Michael Dolan has a great post exploring the differences between commercial-led open source and ...

But on the topic of quality, consider the inherent differences between each. Open source, by nature of ... decides to use proprietary, commercial software in their cars, complying with the license ...

The 2-Clause BSD License is similar to MIT, but with key differences ... software under a dual-license model, with the user able to choose between a recognized open source license and a commercial ...

Commercial software code ... found by the service between 2006 and 2013. The latest report also shows that defect density (defects per 1,000 lines of code) of open source code and commercial ...

Editor's note: This is the second and final part of our feature on software policy. Part one examined the license model differences between open source and commercial software. This week's ...