Open source software is a vital part of modern computing; it’s involved in much of the software we use every day. But is it too good to be true, and is it really free, in either sense of the word?

License scanning is available now to all Legit customers as part of our SCA capabilities. For existing customers: License detection is already running across your dependencies. You can enable policy ...

Open-source risk is often simplistically reduced to security headlines about the latest vulnerability or bug count. Security matters, of course, but it is only one dimension of a broader risk surface ...

Open-source licenses like the GNU General Public License (GPL), Apache License, and MIT License were crafted during a time when software was written almost exclusively by humans. With the rise of ...

The rise of generative AI has transformed software development at record speed, and this acceleration is bringing with it ever greater risks. This is ...

The popularity of open-source software continues to grow because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack of ...

A new survey reveals that nearly 80% of ITAM and SAM professionals are moving away from Oracle Java, citing cost hikes, audit risks, and licensing confusion as key drivers. Nearly 8 in 10 ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

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 ...