Open Source Software "Open source software is software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify, and enhance" (Open source, 2016). So what exactly is source code, which is the key word to understand this definition. Source code is the part of software that computer users don't see, but it's the piece of code that programmers can control how a program works. To sum it up: OSS (open source software) alludes to software that is manipulated and distributed through communal collaboration, to make sure that in the future it'll still be an open collaboration. Why should OSS matter to users and not only programmers?, because OSS licenses give users freedoms they would not otherwise have. Benefits : A self-evident advantage of OSS is it can be had for free. OSS is also more flexible, in the way that you can modify the program to fit your user needs and expectations. For example changing the interface of an operating system to fit your convention whe...