= Free and open-source software
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= FOSS
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A more precise term for those in the know: <open source software> that also has a liberal license, for some definition of liberal.
<Ciro Santilli> defines liberal as: "can be commercialized without paying anything back" (but possibly subject to other restrictions).
He therefore does not consider <Creative Commons licenses> with NC to be FOSS.
For the newbs, the term <open source software> is good enough, since most open source software is also FOSS.
But when it's not, it's crucial to know.