The release was not spontaneous, nor was it a leak, as the IRS had already been considering releasing the code as a way to demonstrate a commitment to public trust and enable independent assessment of ...

Tools that help software developers write secure code are notably under-represented in today’s corporate arsenals. The reason is that checking source code for security weaknesses is a difficult task, ...

Open source software, or software with publicly available code, has become popular in the United States federal government in recent decades due to its cost savings, improved security, faster ...

John Ellis is the President and Head of Product for Codethink, a world-class provider of critical, high-performance software projects. Open-source software is publicly available software developed and ...