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[-] Knusper@feddit.de 19 points 11 months ago

Nah, FOSS stands for "free and open-source software". There was a time before paid software was a thing, so the "free" there stands for freedom.

In a lot of ways, it means the same as open-source (access to source code and allowed to modify+redistribute it), but it's more idealistic and political, looking to prevent software from restricting what users can do.

[-] slice@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago

Thanks for correcting me. I was not aware of this

[-] Knusper@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago

No problem. :)

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