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]]> By: New Linux User » EXPLAIN: What’s the Difference Between FLOSS, FOSS, OSS, and FS? http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/explain-what-does-free-as-in-beer-and-free-as-in-speech-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-23 New Linux User » EXPLAIN: What’s the Difference Between FLOSS, FOSS, OSS, and FS? Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:26:49 +0000 http://newlinuxuser.com/?p=10#comment-23 [...] Free software can mean either free as in beer, or free as in speech. Therefore, there must be a distinction between ‘Free Software’, ‘Free/Open Source SOftware’, and ‘Free Libre/Open Source Software’. The term’Free’ in the first two phrases is ambiguous and doesn’t explicity specify whether free as in beer or free as in speech software is being refrenced. [...] [...] Free software can mean either free as in beer, or free as in speech. Therefore, there must be a distinction between ‘Free Software’, ‘Free/Open Source SOftware’, and ‘Free Libre/Open Source Software’. The term’Free’ in the first two phrases is ambiguous and doesn’t explicity specify whether free as in beer or free as in speech software is being refrenced. [...]

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