Does Open Source Software Have Monopolistic Tendencies? The open source movement was formally launched in 1998 when Netscape licensed and released their code as open source under the name of Mozilla. Since then, open source software projects, where users are also in part, the creators of the software content through collaboration, have been gaining in momentum. Critics argue that open source software has by nature, monopolistic tendencies once they...... Similar Editorial : Open Source Software by Webpros. | Source : In Design Software