The Role of Open-Source Software in Modern Development

EasyChair Preprint 15515

Abstract

Among all types of software, open-source software has become one of the essential parts of contemporary software production and usage. Its skills are openness, partnership, and availability that have empowered advancement across zones, including cloud storage space and artificial intelligence, instruction and even medical care. This article defines the concept of OSS as well as its development process over the years and the importance of the model in current development and the advantages of the model which includes cost reduction, flexibility and security. All of this also discusses issues relating to sustainability, security concerns, and corporate interactions with open source projects. This paper, having considered OSS through its uses in various important spheres and through revealing potential tendencies, underlines the pivotal nature of change that OSS has brought to the global tech environment, stressing on the values of cumulative advancement.

Keyphrases: Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Innovation, Open Source Software, Security, collaboration, software development, transparency

@booklet{EasyChair:15515,
  author    = {Akintunde Tunmise},
  title     = {The Role of Open-Source Software in Modern Development},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 15515},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2024}}