AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?

Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer ...

Why AI is both a curse and a blessing to open-source software - according to developers

Why AI is both a curse and a blessing to open-source software - according to developers ...
TweakTown

Original Fallout source code was apparently never lost and has been preserved through decades

TL;DR: The original Fallout 1 and 2 source code was never lost; Interplay founder Rebecca Heineman preserved backups by archiving all projects on CDs in the 90s. Despite common belief, she retained ...
Wired

Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible

Just like you probably don't grow and grind wheat to make flour for your bread, most software developers don't write every line of code in a new project from scratch. Doing so would be extremely slow ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft open-sources VS Code Copilot Chat extension on GitHub

Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license. This provides the community access to the full implementation of the chat-based coding ...
Adventure Gamers

The Zork source code is available to everyone, but why does it matter?

The classic Zork text adventure games have been made open source by Microsoft. The original trilogy, consisting of Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III, is now fully available for play, exploration, and ...
VideoGamer

Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 source code isn’t actually lost, reveals former Interplay founder, despite orders to destroy all assets

Earlier this week, we released a story that the source code and in-development assets for both Fallout and Fallout 2 were lost. According to series creator Tim Cain, and as far as he knew, the source ...