Fortunately, you can use GitHub to bypass this and start contributing to open-source software with minimal effort. Do not make test commits or pull requests on projects unless they explicitly ...

More and more companies are looking to tap into communities for contributions to open source projects. But following the open-source trend just because everyone is doing it isn’t good enough.

Microsoft made .NET Core and other .NET Foundation projects open to community collaboration. Want to make a contribution? Read these tips first.

Contributing to open-source projects can give software developers an edge over other applicants in the competitive IT job market, say hiring professionals.

Developers often give up their time as volunteer labor to open source projects to help their friends.

Code commonly flows downstream, from an open-source project into an organization’s own products. Upstreaming is the process of reversing that flow—contributing code back to an open-source project.

Contributing to open-source projects can give software developers an edge over other applicants in the competitive IT job market, say hiring professionals.

Contributing to open-source projects can give software developers an edge over other applicants in the competitive IT job market, say hiring professionals.