A Grab Bag of Unsung Open Source Gems
While many open source projects have bloomed into household names, lots of really good ones don't get much attention. IT World is out with an interesting look at 10 best (unknown) open source projects, and turns up a few projects that I didn't know about, including an application called Chordii that converts simple song scripts into mashups of lyrics and guitar chord tablature, and Virtual Moon Atlas, which is, as its title suggests, a very complete atlas of the moon. We've delved into little-known but useful open source projects before, too. Here are four unsung projects worth looking into. Piwik, at ...More

A Guide to Open Source Licensing
If you're working on or launching an open source project, one of the most basic decisions you must make is which license the project will be released under, and choosing the perfect license is more complex than ever. Over the years, we've provided many free guidelines on this topic, but it's a moving target. In this post, you'll find our updeated collection of all the things you need to know to make an informed open source license decision. The Free Software Foundation is the principal organizer of the GNU Project, and you can find the FSF's guidelines on choosing an open ...More