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Why is this community not named foss? (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Genuinely trying to know if this is intentional to incorporate non-free open source software? If yes then why?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think a lot of people here actually mean foss when they say open source. Calling it foss might impart the right message and the importance of libre software to new folks. I am little conflicted about non-libre open source software as might be evident by now, maybe my bias is unjustified.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah the distinction is pretty small, and usually people are just talking about FOSS software....but I'd rather avoid the semantics so just calling the community "open source" makes sense to me.