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detaro

> Yeah but the F is FOSSY stands for First

It clearly stands for "Free", where do you get that idea?

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Hahha, yes! That was really stupid on my part:

>>The first Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference

Sure the word "first" is in there but it doesn't even have the capital F like Free....

Bows head in shame....

I've had a similar joke whenever I try to describe patent trolls, about how normally standards-essential patents are expected to be widely accessible, and the terms that satisfy these expectations are typically described as FRAND -- Fair, Reasonable, AND.

(...Non-Discriminatory)

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