Introduction of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (F/LOSS)
The term Free/Libre and Open Source Software (F/LOSS) has evolved from two terminologies: Free/Libre Software (FS) and Open Source Software (OSS) (Brock et al. , 2009). The difference between these two kinds of software is that Free Software focuses on moral and ethical issues and stresses on the user rights toward a software whereas the Open Source goes for a corporate approach (Tong, 2004; Brock et al. , 2009). F/LOSS is licensed differently than existing proprietary software license and gives the users freedom under certain conditions so that everyone could enjoy those rights and freedom as well (Brock et al. , 2009). F/LOSS is developed and nurtured by the community of hackers all over the world (Subramanyam and Xia, 2008; Hauge a t al. , 2010 ) . ‘Instead of viewing this community as a threat, high-tech companies like IBM, Hewlett Packard, and Sun Microsystems have come to rely upon it, selling software applications and services built to ride atop the ever-growing free software i...