What is Open Source Software?

Open source software is any software that is editable. Examples of open source software are companies like Linux that have produced software that is entirely open sourced meaning it has been made available so the individual can edit the processes of the information. Open source is free, and can be distributed freely without a price. The open source movement was produced to combat the users have with big software developers like Apple, and Microsoft

The Macintosh system, and Microsoft they are what is called Proprietary programs meaning they own the administrative powers to their programs, and are not open source programs because they do not allow the user to edit the way a program behaves, or the general enhancement of that program.

Linux revolutionized the approach to allowing users to edit information in other words users are given administrative powers. Linux has empowered users, and has incentivized that the user should have power over the processes over their own computer.

By design Open source software licences promote collaborative actions meaning they promote the need to enhance content, and code. Which helps the code for being stable, if someone sees a bug someone’s can fix that bug. Proprietary programs offer no such standard. If you implemented, or changed the code of how their program works you would be infringing on their…