Open source is the concept of making source code freely available for modification by any user of the software; in actuality it is much more than that. Open source, with the community behind it, is a powerful and influential movement. It's a collaboration of efforts and ideas that help to build better, more reliable, and more secure software.

MontaVista supports the spirit of open source and believes in contributing, participating and publishing our work and contributions to the many projects in the community. We believe in the open source community and fully embrace the commitments and responsibilities that come with the development model. We are advocates for choice, flexibility, and better software.

Open source is about freedom and empowerment: freedom to choose your own software, freedom to modify the source code as appropriate, freedom to develop better products, and the power to be creative.