▲ 248 ▼ Omg, nooo. (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by Samsy@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Pratai@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Aquatic_Melon@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago Free open source software permalink fedilink source parent [+] slice@feddit.de -9 points 2 years ago (1 child) It Stands for: fully open source software As far as I know. And it describes software which is with all its components open source. But as this memes suggests there is an ongoing debate on how heigh the standards have to be in order to call something foss permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knusper@feddit.de 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slice@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Thanks for correcting me. I was not aware of this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knusper@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago No problem. :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aquatic_Melon@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago Free open source software permalink fedilink source parent
[+] slice@feddit.de -9 points 2 years ago (1 child) It Stands for: fully open source software As far as I know. And it describes software which is with all its components open source. But as this memes suggests there is an ongoing debate on how heigh the standards have to be in order to call something foss permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knusper@feddit.de 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slice@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Thanks for correcting me. I was not aware of this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knusper@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago No problem. :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knusper@feddit.de 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slice@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Thanks for correcting me. I was not aware of this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knusper@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago No problem. :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] slice@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Thanks for correcting me. I was not aware of this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knusper@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago No problem. :) permalink fedilink source parent
