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1718627440yesterday at 10:13 AM1 replyview on HN

> for FOSS the F as in Gratis

Isn't FOSS a combination of the diverging ideas of "Open Source" and "Free Software"? The "Free" in "Free Software" very much does not mean "Gratis".


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TZubiriyesterday at 11:56 AM

Yes, it's a joke. The Free in Free Software is sold as being Free as in Freedom to devs by recruiters of the cause, however the bulk of actual consumers see Free Software as equivalent to Open Source and the defining characteristic for them is Free as in Gratis.

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