Linux-savvy legal experts from the past and present weigh in on this knotty, open-source licensing matter.

SCO Group says copyrighted code has made its way into Linux, the popular open-source OS. If true, the open-source community could find its hard-won gains threatened.

Understanding Microsoft's Linux code shocker In a move even the software maker notes is unusual, the company is contributing code for three drivers for inclusion in the open-source operating system.

In a letter sent to numerous Linux-using companies, SCO cites specific code in Linux it claims was taken from its Unix intellectual property.

In a move against claims and worries that proprietary code might make its way into Linux, Linus Torvalds is changing how programmers can contribute code to the Linux kernel.

The Linux Foundation published a guide for new Linux coders on how to navigate through the processes involved, which I wrote an article about.The man who wrote the guide is Linux developer and lwn.

Kite, the AI Autocomplete for Python that eliminates repetitive coding tasks, today announced that it has added Linux support.

Most recently, Coverity scanned 7.6 million lines of code in Linux 3.8 and found a defect density of just .59.

An analysis of the 5.7 million lines of Linux source code shows that it contains fewer bugs per thousand lines of code than commercial counterparts. By Michelle Delio.