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Why do I need a leather fetish to edit photos? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] MrGerrit@feddit.nl 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Foss stands for free and open source software.

You can use the code to make your own fork/version, as long it's also free and open. Or I'm wrong and somebody will correct me.

[โ€“] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Free (as in freedom) software bares the stipulation that if you use it, it must remain free. The criteria for being free are 1. You may view the source code. 2. You may edit the source code. 3. You may distribute the source code. 4. You may distribute the modifications to the source code. If you use the software the freedoms given to you are to be payed forward to all subsequent people who use it.

Open source only says you can see the source code, but it can be used in any closed sources or proprietary program.

In short. Free software is about ethics. Open Source software is about pragmatics (or so some may claim)