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shmerl is offline shmerl
2013-01-09 , 17:35
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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
Free, as in FOSS, doesn't always equate to non-proprietary.
Can you elaborate or give some examples? I'm not sure what it means being FOSS while being proprietary.

There are examples of OSS (open source software) implementations of proprietary technologies. Like x264 for H.264 codec. But it's not FOSS. I.e. while being open source, it's not free, since it's still patents encumbered.
Last edited by shmerl; 2013-01-09 at 17:37.