Re: FOSS?

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On Jul  4, 2007, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 08:27 -0400, Eric wrote:
>> Sorry, I can't keep up with all these acronyms.  :-)
>> 
>> What is FOSS? 

> You don't know what that means on *this* list?  And you're not able to
> find out?  It's only at the heart of the whole thing.  /me offers you a
> paper bag to put over your head...

> Free Open Source Software

Oh, I thought it was Fedora Original Software Solutions ;-)


Seriously, is FOSS software that is both Free Software and Open-Source
Software, or can it be one but not the other?


(Just food for thought, I've thought and talked about these issues far
more than you might imagine before looking at my signature ;-)

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