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• free software n. As defined by Richard M. Stallman and used by the Free Software movement, this means software that gives users enough freedom to be used by the free software community.
  Specifically, users must be free to modify the software for their private use, and free to redistribute it either with or without modifications, either commercially or noncommercially, either gratis or charging a distribution fee....
• Brief History Of Linux (#29) "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" is credited by many (especially ESR himself) as the reason Netscape announced January 22, 1998 the release of the Mozilla source code.
  In addition, Rob Malda of Slashdot has also received praise because he had recently published an editorial ("Give us the damn source code so we can fix Netscape's problems ourselves!...
• FRS // n.,obs. Abbreviation for "Freely Redistributable Software" which entered general use on the Internet in 1995 after years of low-level confusion over what exactly to call software written to be passed around and shared (contending terms including freeware
  hareware, and `sourceware' were never universally felt to be satisfactory for various subtle reasons)....
• proprietary adj. 1. In marketroid-speak, superio
  implies a product imbued with exclusive magic by the unmatched brilliance of the company's own hardware or software designers....
• Microsoft Open Source Solitaire REDMOND, WA -- In a first attempt at "embrace-and-extend" of open source software
  Microsoft will release its popular Solitaire and FreeCell games as open source under the MILA (Microsoft Innovative License Agreement)....
• OSS Written-only acronym for "Open Source Software" (see open source.
  This is a rather ugly TLA, and the principals in the open-source movement don't use it, but it has (perhaps inevitably) spread through the trade press like kudzu....
• gnubie /noo'bee/ n. Written-only variant of newbie in common use on IRC channels, which implies specifically someone who is new to the Linux/open source/free software world.
• The Movement Formerly Known As Open Source The battle over the Open Source trademark is heating up.
  Software in the Public Interest and the Open Source Initiative both hold competing claims to the trademark....
• Open Source Beer Revolution Yesterday, Red Hat introduced an 'open source' beer called Red Brew.
  The recipes for making the beer are available for free over the Net, and microbrewery kits are available at low cost from Red Hat....