This is Source Notes, a column about the internet’s information ecosystem.

Emily Omier, a well-regarded open-source start-up consultant, emphasized that open source is a binary standard set by the Open Source Initiative (OSI), not a spectrum. "Either you're open source, or ...

A group of developers at Hugging Face say that they've built an 'open' version of OpenAI's deep research tool.

Software suppliers have been rowing back on open-source licensing. Does that mean enterprises with datacentres may have to change their software approach?

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If you have a confidential PDF you want to password protect, you have a few ways to do that on your Windows 11 PC. You can ...

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In the end, my friends who are asylum-seekers are simply open-hearted human beings, grateful for the temporary help they have received, who may end up making a positive contribution to our town.

Many free tools impose limits that can only be unlocked with a lifetime license or subscription. If you open and editor a lot of PDF documents, you'll need to be selective choosing the best free ...

But ading220 went further, recompiling a streamlined fork of Doom's open source code using an old version of Emscripten that outputs optimized asm.js code. With that code loaded, the Doom PDF can ...