Editing Open-source software (section)

=== Future ===
The future of the open source software community, and the free software community by extension, has become successful if not confused about what it stands for.<ref name=":55"/> For example, [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[Ubuntu]] are examples milestones of success in the open source software rise to prominence from the sidelines of technological innovation as it existed in the early 2000s.<ref name=":55" /> However, some in the community consider them failures in their representation of OSS due to issues such as the downplaying of the OSS center of Android by Google and its partners, the use of an [[Apache License|Apache license]] that allowed forking and resulted in a loss of opportunities for collaboration within Android, the prioritization of convenience over freedom in Ubuntu, and features within Ubuntu that track users for marketing purposes.<ref name=":55" />

The use of OSS has become more common in business with 78% of companies reporting that they run all or part of their operations on FOSS.<ref name=":55" /> The popularity of OSS has risen to the point that [[Microsoft]], a once detractor of OSS, has included its use in their systems.<ref name=":55" /> However, this success has raised concerns that will determine the future of OSS as the community must answer questions such as what OSS is, what should it be, and what should be done to protect it, if it even needs protecting.<ref name=":55" /> All in all, while the free and open source revolution has slowed to a perceived equilibrium in the market place, that does not mean it is over as many theoretical discussions must take place to determine its future.<ref name=":55" />