Is software truly open source if you pay for additional features? Youranswer may depend on whether you side with the purists or the, ah,not-so-pure. A recent trend entering the debate involves the ...

Why open core software is bad for the FOSS movement. Nothing is inherently anti-business about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). In fact, a number of different business models are built on top of ...

Apache Cassandra’s highly scalable, distributed NoSQL database has a lot to offer the modern enterprise burdened by high-volume data. As its popularity and reliance has grown, its open core ...

With the perennial tensions between proprietary and open source software (OSS) unlikely to end anytime soon, a $3 billion startup is throwing its weight behind a new licensing paradigm — one that’s ...

What is the difference between open source and open core, and is one better for your business than the other? Back in 2013, CMSWire asked a simple question of experts in the field: "Which is better, ...

In one of our first ZDnet posts a couple years back, we proffered the question of whether open source was becoming the new default business model for enterprise software. It's only been a couple years ...