SCO Group says copyrighted code has made its way into Linux, the popular open-source OS. If true, the open-source community could find its hard-won gains threatened.

Most recently, Coverity scanned 7.6 million lines of code in Linux 3.8 and found a defect density of just .59.

Understanding Microsoft's Linux code shocker In a move even the software maker notes is unusual, the company is contributing code for three drivers for inclusion in the open-source operating system.

A government-funded initiative aims to be the one-stop portal for organizing the efforts of critical code reviewers everywhere and boost the frequency with which programmers critique the code of ...

Linux developers got added support from Microsoft this week with the publication of some Windows Subsystem for Linux open source code on the GitHub repository.

Linux-savvy legal experts from the past and present weigh in on this knotty, open-source licensing matter.

But it's OK to use it for docs and translations The latest status report from the FreeBSD Project says no thanks to code ...

The availability of the source code will hopefully make it possible for open-source community members to get involved and help complete the Linux port.