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FOSS
From FOSS.IN/2006
FOSS is an acronymn for "Free and Open Source Software".
Free software, as defined by the Free Software Foundation, is software which can be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed without restriction. Freedom from such restrictions is central to the concept, with the opposite of free software being proprietary software (a distinction unrelated to whether a fee is charged). The usual way for software to be distributed as free software is for the software to be licensed to the recipient with a free software license (or be in the public domain), and the source code of the software to be made available (for a compiled language).
To avoid confusion with the ambiguous meaning of "free" in the English language, as well as to avoid having to take sides in terminology wars, several alternate terms (including FOSS, FLOSS, F/LOSS, etc.) are commonly used to refer to Free Software. FOSS is one of them, and (being less dental than other terms) is the name our event has adopted.
Here are some excellent articles about Free Software.
