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I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as FOSS, is in fact FLOSS, or as I've recently taken to calling it F/L/OS/S meaning “Free/Lib
by type0 8y ago
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as FOSS, is in fact FLOSS, or as I've recently taken to calling it F/L/OS/S meaning “Free/Libre and Open Source Software”. Free is not free by itself, call if F/L/OS/S to explicitly avoid a preference between the two political camps. If you wish to be neutral, this is a good way to do it, since this makes the names of the two camps equally prominent.
There really is a F/L/OS software and there are people who use it, but it is just a part of the system they use, that in fact called GNU/Linux. Anyway Libre refers to freedom, instead of calling it open source you could also start to call this type of software Libre software. “Free and Open Source Software” is misleading since it can be interpreted as free as in beer when it is Free as in Freedom. Not calling it FLOSS is an obstacle to understanding GNU philosophy, free software and open source are different political positions that are completely not the same.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.en.html