Beloved by Linux users since its original release in 1996, GIMP is one of the most famous and best-maintained open source software tools out there. This software is about as close to image editing ...

Open-source solutions power everything from website builds to ready-made and custom applications, but many businesses don’t know of all the benefits and drawbacks.

There are potential downsides to open source software, such as a lack of formal customer support, limited features, or technical hurdles around deployment.

Businesses that rely on open-source software need to carefully assess their choices and do their part to support the system if they want it to survive.

Microsoft -owned developer platform GitHub is urging the European Union to establish a publicly funded Sovereign Tech Fund to support open source software (OSS) maintenance.

But most open-source software maintenance is done on a volunteer basis. “I did this myself, like after midnight,” says Siepel of his tech-support efforts on PHAST.