Free Open Source Software. It is software that gives you the freedom to see the source code, make modifications to it, and redistribute your changed version of the software to your friends.
FOSS software is generally developed in the open by a community of volunteers, although we are increasingly seeing FOSS projects take on funding from community donations or corporations that want to support the software’s development.
FOSS is either “Free and Open Source Software” or a Danish company that makes valves and termostats and stuff like that hehe
EDIT: Wait no, that’s Danfoss I was thinking of, but FOSS is still a Danish company except it provides “high-tech analytical solutions”, whatever that means. Idk what’s the deal with “foss” names and Denmark, it doesn’t sound very Danish to me (as a Dane).
Foss means waterfall in Norwegian from Norse fors. It doesn’t see any use in modern Danish from what I know, but there might be a link there considering that Danfoss works in fluid control equipment, pump, seal, valve manufacturing, climate & energy
True, it’s very rarely used in Danish any more. We do however say “det fosser ud/ind” regarding money/water/gas, so it is used in those specific cases. But I don’t think I’ve ever heard it elsewhere.
What is FOSS? When i try to look it up, it just shows me some local companys website.
Free Open Source Software. It is software that gives you the freedom to see the source code, make modifications to it, and redistribute your changed version of the software to your friends.
FOSS software is generally developed in the open by a community of volunteers, although we are increasingly seeing FOSS projects take on funding from community donations or corporations that want to support the software’s development.
You can read more about it on the Free Software Foundation page: https://www.fsf.org/about/
Thanks 😅 obviously i know about open source, just never heard it called FOSS before
It’s a mashup of Free Software and Open Source Software.
FOSS is either “Free and Open Source Software” or a Danish company that makes valves and termostats and stuff like that hehe
EDIT: Wait no, that’s Danfoss I was thinking of, but FOSS is still a Danish company except it provides “high-tech analytical solutions”, whatever that means. Idk what’s the deal with “foss” names and Denmark, it doesn’t sound very Danish to me (as a Dane).
Foss means waterfall in Norwegian from Norse fors. It doesn’t see any use in modern Danish from what I know, but there might be a link there considering that Danfoss works in fluid control equipment, pump, seal, valve manufacturing, climate & energy
True, it’s very rarely used in Danish any more. We do however say “det fosser ud/ind” regarding money/water/gas, so it is used in those specific cases. But I don’t think I’ve ever heard it elsewhere.
I’m Danish, so when i tried searching for it, it only wanted to show me the company lol.