For years, Microsoft has profited from its FAT file system patents. Now the company is making it explicit that it's freeing its remaining exFAT patents for Open Invention Network members.

NVIDIA has published the source code of its kernel modules for the R515 driver, using a dual licensing model that combines the GPL and MIT licenses, making the modules legally re-distributable.

Nvidia finally releases open source GPU kernel modules for Linux Desktop users should keep the champagne on ice, but data centre GPU users will have full functionality out of the gate.

The Linux kernel development community is emphasizing the need for open source device drivers, in a statement released Monday. While the vast majority of device drivers have open source, there are ...

NVIDIA has open sourced the GPU kernel module for Linux. The source code is released under a dual license of GPL license and MIT license, and it is already available for download at the time of ...

What is Microsoft doing with Linux? Everything you need to know about its plans for open source Your email has been sent Microsoft is following the customers and the ecosystem, but pragmatic ...

Open-source ethos is in flux with enterprises challenging community standards; Red Hat's approach stirs community; Open Enterprise Linux Association forms in response.

In an historic move, Microsoft Monday submitted driver source code for inclusion in the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license. The code consists of four drivers that are part of a technology called ...

While the Linux kernel’s importance to the world’s computer systems may be the most pressing issue for SocialCyber, it will tackle other open-source projects too.

1992: Linux kernel moves to GNU GPL v2 Linux was initially released under a non-GPL copyright that restricted commercial distribution of the project.

An open source web server, a software foundation, and a permissive license that, unlike the GPL, allows source code to be mixed into non-open source, commercial code.