FOSS is free and open source software, focused on the freedom to do whatever you want with the source code and redistribute it (typically mentioning the original project and etc.)
Open source software only indicates that the software is transparant and its source code is public.
I tought people just used different ways to write open source. Some with a dash, others not. I use them both, depends on my laziness level... Have you encountered the answer yet? I am quite curious...
It’s open-source when used as an adjective, “open source” when used as a noun
Ah nice
No, not nice!! 😂 It’s way more confusing than the difference between FOSS and open-source software.
What if you want to talk about working in open-source software but also want to drop the “software” and abbreviate to just “open-source” (because let’s be real, 90% of open-source stuff is software)?
At that point you’re talking about it like it’s a noun but it’s still technically an adjective for the real noun you decided to drop. 😵💫
