Open source software is designed to support and help the people in general, in this type of software only a license is given to the user for using the software but it is restrict or some type of restrictions are put over its use. It is similar to that of the free software but it is restricted with some conditions. A source code is given to the user or public in this type of software with some relaxed copyright conditions.

There are some patent or legal rights on the software of the manufacturer. In this type of software free access is provided to read, use, adopt or redistribute it. There are different types of conditions are applied with different type of open source software. The user is free to select any open source software and then after getting the password or source code could easily shape it according to business needs and conditions.