The open-source Java effort Apache Harmony has graduated to a full-fledged Apache project. Apache Harmony, started last year, is creating an open-source version of Java Platform Standard Edition (Java ...

Hadoop, Spark and Kafka have already had a defining influence on the world of big data, and now there’s yet another Apache project with the potential to shape the landscape even further: Apache Arrow.

Wilmington, DE, Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 320 active open source projects and ...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 23, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The OpenSSL project, home of the world's most popular SSL/TLS and cryptographic toolkit, is changing its license to the Apache License v 2.0 ...

Project Harmony aims to create version of Java desktop software with an open-source license--something Sun has resisted in the past. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

SAN FRANCISCO--In a significant change of course, the Free Software Foundation is working to make the upcoming version 3 of the General Public License (GPL) compatible with an alternative, the Apache ...

In an open letter, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) outlines its vision to offer a neutral collaboration opportunity, with a few OpenOffice trademark restrictions laid out, too. Back in June 2011, ...

Hortonworks, a contributor to Apache Hadoop, has submitted two new incubation projects to the Apache Software Foundation and also announced the launch of the new “Stinger Initiative.” These three ...

First, a brief historical recap: During the “open source bubble” of the mid-2000s, driven to build Web-facing solutions on short timescales, many companies used a combination of Linux/Apache ...

Open-source spam killer SpamAssassin 3.0 has been released, and while the new version has more features than its predecessors, it is in the licensing where it deviates the most from past versions.

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