Software Heritage is the Alexandrian Library of humankind’s most important current technical expression: software. This project will allow us to do science about software in new and revolutionary ways. The free software movement dream of software everyone can study, copy, improve and share has no more important working public monument […]
Software is deeply entrenched in our life, and is the tool we use to create, access and share our culture. Software has become a fundamental component of society, and must be preserved for future generations through each stage of its evolution. At The Document Foundation, we are so convinced of […]
The rate of change of open source software is continuing to accelerate beyond what is possible with manual tracking. License compliance is at the heart of what makes open source software — “open.” To make license compliance incredibly easy, we need to address how we detect and report license information, which will require a […]
Software is now at the heart of all human activity: our lives, our businesses, our culture depend on it. Software source code is a precious heritage that must be preserved and made accessible to the greatest number: this is the stated mission of Software Heritage. We strongly support this project, […]
Software Sustainability is one of the core elements to accelerate discovery. Reproducibility of scientific results, but also re-usability and findability of software are core principles in science DANS seeks to suppor. We are committed to long-time preservation of scientific information and are delighted to be the first international academic partner […]
Microsoft has been involved in open source initiatives by enabling, integrating, releasing and contributing to many open source projects and communities for well over a decade. We applaud the Software Heritage as an open project that will help curate and conserve human knowledge in the form of code for future […]
Software has become the new architecture that our world is built on, and source code its blueprints. Without this vital component of history, we suffer a range of loss: of culture, of understanding, and the ability to reproduce the work of previous generations. Efforts like Software Heritage are vital «seed […]
Open Source is the foundation of all modern sophisticated software development. It powers everything from the smallest embedded devices to critical national infrastructure. The Software Heritage project is taking steps to ensure that everyone can understand the provenance and development of this vital resource. We applaud their initiative and believe […]
