• Open-source software, sometimes known as OSS, is a type of software that follows four basic principles: You have full access to the source code and can modify it; you can redistribute original copies; and you can redistribute modified copies. Although not all free software is open-source software, it is included in the free software category (often known as free and open-source software or FOSS).
• The usage, distribution, and modification of proprietary software are restricted by legal restrictions (typically copyright law, but in rare situations, patent law). The developer, publisher, or vendor of commercial, closed-use, or closed-source software enforces these restrictions and only offers access to it under specific conditions, usually purchase, lease, or licencing.
• Because of the large number of eyes scanning the code, open-source software platforms are usually more secure. Because of the active community members, fixes are frequently swift.
• Because of code constraints, proprietary software has more exploits than open source software. This programme is secure in this sense because no one has discovered the exploits .

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