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The fuck is foss?
Free open source software. Basically, it's free, and you can see and use the code to your liking and even contribute to it. Good for communities, not good for companies failing to produce a similar product with notably better functions.
Software you can use, inspect, edit and share. Some examples are Firefox, Chromium, (GNU-)Linux, Android (except GApps) and VLC.
Free Opensource Software
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html