At its core, VS Code is built on an open source project called Code OSS, published under the permissive MIT license.

When you hear the term "open source," it's talking about any publicly accessible design that people are free to change and ...

But how did OSS become so widespread? Was it pure cost efficiency, or does OSS really bring more innovation to organizations?

As developers increasingly lean on AI-generated code to build out their software—as they have with open source in the ...

When it comes to open-source apps and code, the updates are just as (if not more) frequent, but the public can see it all. Simply visit a site like GitHub and browse some active projects, and you’ll ...

Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license. This provides the community access to the full implementation of the chat-based coding ...

Generative AI may be eroding the foundation of open source software. Provenance, licensing, and reciprocity are breaking down.

A recent study found that more than a third of 1,261 open source libraries had a known vulnerability and about a quarter of the downloads were tainted A study of how 31 popular open source code ...

A new six-figure grant ensures that Georgia Tech students and faculty continue to have access to vital open-source software resources. The Open Source Program Office (OSPO) provides expert advice, ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published research looking into 172 key open-source projects and whether they are susceptible to memory flaws. The report, cosigned ...