Open-source software is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.
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Open-source software is a prominent example of open collaboration, meaning any capable user is able to participate online in development, making the number of possible contributors indefinite.
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In 1998, a group of individuals advocated that the term free software should be replaced by open-source software as an expression which is less ambiguous and more comfortable for the corporate world.
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Several open-source software licenses have qualified within the boundaries of the Open Source Definition.
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Since a great deal of free Open-source software already was free of charge, such free Open-source software became associated with zero cost, which seemed anti-commercial.
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The FSF considers free software to be a subset of open-source software, and Richard Stallman explained that DRM software, for example, can be developed as open source, despite that it does not give its users freedom, and thus doesn't qualify as free software.
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Gregorio Robles suggests that Open-source software developed using the bazaar model should exhibit the following patterns:.
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Open-source software is usually easier to obtain than proprietary software, often resulting in increased use.
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Open-source software development offers the potential to quicken innovation and the creation of innovation and social value.
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Commercial pressures make traditional Open-source software developers pay more attention to customers' requirements than to security requirements, since such features are somewhat invisible to the customer.
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Many advocates argue that open-source software is inherently safer because any person can view, edit, and change code.
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OSI Certified is a trademark licensed only to people who are distributing Open-source software licensed under a license listed on the Open Source Initiative's list.
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Such Open-source software is more often referred to as source-available, or as shared source, a term coined by Microsoft in 2001.
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Open-source software projects are built and maintained by a network of volunteer programmers and are widely used in free as well as commercial products.
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