Group criticizes closed source path The Linux kernel development community is emphasizing the need for open source device drivers, in a statement released Monday.

Nvidia is still behind both Intel and AMD when it comes to open source GPU drivers—both companies maintain open source kernel and user space drivers, along with closed-source firmware. But this ...

For future driver versions, Nvidia prefers its open source kernel driver. The community has problems with this and is working on alternatives.

The Linux kernel is GPLed open source; the GPL license requires that any modifications made to the code must be published and made available under the GPL license.

Linux is more secure than most operating systems, but that doesn't mean it can take security for granted. So, Google and the Linux Foundation are funding a pair of top Linux kernel developers to ...

Members of the open source community are working on a new security-focused project for the Linux kernel. Named Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG), this is a loadable kernel module that will perform ...

Linux project lead Linus Torvalds has said it is not easy to become a major contributor to the Linux kernel.

1992: Linux kernel moves to GNU GPL v2 Linux was initially released under a non-GPL copyright that restricted commercial distribution of the project.