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Why hackers FLOSS

• jamesbritt 18y ago
  FLOSS?
  • jrockway 18y ago
    Yeah, it's a stupid term. I wish people would call it "Free Software" instead. It's not that much harder to type, it's more meaningful, and it's not a string you put in your teeth.
    • tx 18y ago
      Most people are confusing "free software" with "open source" largely preferring (sometimes without realizing it) the latter, which (as they hope) translates into "free stuff without any obligations"
      • TheBigRedDog 18y ago
        Actually people call it FLOSS precisely to avoid choosing between free software and open source ... FLOSS means Free/Libre/Open Source Software
• ojbyrne 18y ago
  I wondered about that too - so I googled it. "free and open source software, also F/OSS, FOSS, or FLOSS (for Free/Libre/Open Source Software)" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSS