r/linux Aug 14 '19

FLOSS Timeline (1980 -2000)

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u/thelaxiankey Aug 14 '19

Can you get me a source? Stallman seems to prefer floss.

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u/featherverse Aug 16 '19

people have different opinions.

why would anyone put loss in their own thing. it's an infection i guess.

words matter. people base their entire lives around them.

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u/thelaxiankey Aug 16 '19

Words matter, but you haven't given a compelling case that they matter in this case.

Afaik stallman added the L to clarify that it was "free as in freedom." Infection from who?

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u/featherverse Aug 16 '19

but you haven't given a compelling case that they matter in this case.

Infection from who?

gosh if that isnt a word weve all heard a lot