Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer program without copying that program’s copyright-protected code directly.

Source code discovery presents a significant risk of resource waste because the size and complexity of the data makes it difficult to review. However, with initial planning and a clear understanding ...

LisaFPGA does what it says on the GitHub repo: "The Apple Lisa computer implemented inside an FPGA!" It's an open source ...

Editor's take: Microsoft continues to tightly control the release of some of its most important pieces of legacy software. While enthusiasts and programmers are eager to see newer versions of MS-DOS ...

A decision by NHS England to withdraw open-source code created with UK taxpayer funds because of the risk posed by computer-hacking AI models is attracting growing backlash. Last month, Mythos, an AI ...

A version of the AI coding tool in Anthropic's npm registry included a source map file, which leads to the full proprietary source code. An Anthropic employee accidentally exposed the entire ...

What we know so far: Anthropic is facing renewed scrutiny from the AI and security communities after internal source code for Claude Code – its fast-growing agentic development environment – was ...

PC-DOS 1.00 would lead to Microsoft becoming computing's top dog Microsoft continues to embrace open source. The source code and annotations provide insight into the operating system's earliest days.

In vacating the conviction of former Goldman Sachs computer programmer Sergey Aleynikov under federal espionage and stolen property laws, a Second Circuit panel said source code was not a "stolen good ...