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    • rtxn@lemmy.worldM
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      FOSS was the original. Free and Open Source Software. But, English being English, “free” was too ambiguous (free as in gratis vs. unrestricted), so the French came to the rescue with the much superior word “libre”. That’s how F/LOSS (Free/Libre) was coined.

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    Yeah, but when I try to make a fork of it the local government fines me for building an illegal road again.

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      that’s the city it is in, which is kinda important to know in the minneapolis-st paul area. there are hundreds of separate municipalities, several street numbering schemes, and street names are not exclusive to one city.

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    There’s a river Foss that runs through York. Brings a new meaning to sending patches upstream…