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* '''2006-02-23''' [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2051196,00.html Free software? You can't just give it away] ([http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/23/1330220 slashdot]): apparently the freely-redistributable nature of FOSS causes confusion in some quarters | |||
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FOSS: abbreviation for Free, Open-Source Software. Indicates software which is not only free (as in either "costing nothing to obtain legally" or as in "free for additional copying and modifying", depending on who you talk to) but also open source (meaning that the source code is available for modification and re-distribution).
Links
- Open Source Versus: comparisons of open-source and proprietary software
- Essay by Tom Chance about the philosophical differences between "free", "open source", and "proprietary" software development
Reference
- Wikipedia (FOSS)
News
- 2006-02-23 Free software? You can't just give it away (slashdot): apparently the freely-redistributable nature of FOSS causes confusion in some quarters
