Ever wanted to know the difference between Apache 2.0 and MIT? Or permissive and copyleft open source licenses? Read on.

Open source began as a rebellious idea to transform software development. Two decades later, it has firmly become the default ...

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Open source makes the technology world go ’round, forming as much as 90% of the modern software stack via frameworks; libraries; databases; operating systems; and countless standalone applications.

Open source makes the technology world ... and Ruby (general-purpose programming language), the MIT license allows developers to use software however they like. As with most such licenses, it's ...