The importance of open source software

As the linuxfoundation states about 95% of cloud providers run kubernetes which is an open sourced solution, the Apache Web server powers millions of websites including netflix.com, spotify.com and more. Most of the Internets core functions are based on open source technology. But what is it and why is it so important? What is open sourced software? Open-source software is computer software that is distributed under a license that allows users to use, study, modify and distribute the program and its source code to anyone and for any purpose....