On Sunday 29 October 2006 01:43, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 08:12:46PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > Hi, > > A year ago, I asked debian-user about favourite applications. The > > big winners in that thread were GIMP, Firefox, K3b, gThumb, and > > Thunderbird. I would like to start it again, and I would like those > > who are get bored by this to please pardon me. > > What is the difference between oss and floss? I thought oss stood for > "open source software" and floss was something you cleaned your teeth > with. Am I missing something?
OSS = Open Source Software FOSS = Free/Open Source Software FLOSS = Free/Libre/Open Source Software (Libre as in the French pronunciation and meaning) So, yes, you're missing something. Even the /. crowd has been using the terms FOSS and FLOSS (or F/LOSS) for over a year. Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
