IntroductionIn recent years, there has been renewed interest in the development of Open Source Software (OSS). Interest in this process, which involves software developers from many different sites and organizations sharing code to develop and refine software. You must be wondering what Open Source Software (OSS) is. Open source software is computer software whose source code is made available and licensed in which the copyright holder grants the right to study, modify and distribute the software to any person for any purpose. Open source software is generally developed in a public and collaborative manner. Source code is the part of software that most computer users never see; it is code that computer programmers can use to change the way software works. Programmers who have access to the source code of a computer program can improve that program by adding features or repairing parts that don't always work properly. A Brief History of Open Source Software There is a tradition of sharing and cooperation in software development. But in rec...