FOSS

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is free and open source.
- This phenomena is surprising to some, taken for granted by others, and the development frequently goes thankless.
Pros
- Free
  - The software is made freely available for anyone to access
  - This makes it extremely accessible for smaller organizations, students, and really anyone
- Open Source
  - The underlying code is made available for anyone to access and review
  - This can lead to safer code than traditional, closed-source methods
    - Developers (and people generally) are more likely to review their code and do things properly if they know the whole world can see it
    - Anyone with the requisite skill^[1] can review the code and understand how it works, and report vulnerabilities or areas of improvement
  - If the original developer abandons the project, another person with the requisite skill can pick up where they left off
Cons
- Free
  - Projects often rely on donations and a dedicated core of developers, who can give up the project at any point in time
- Open Source
  - Other unscrupulous developers can fork the project, rebrand and republish it, inserting malicious code or just making profit off of other people's work

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