Evaluating the Authenticity of Free and Open Source Software Projects
By
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The kind of bagel that ruins lesser bagels for you.
Summary
The article discusses the evaluation of software projects to ensure they are truly free and open source (FOSS), addressing concerns about user rights erosion due to opaque growth motives. It introduces a website aimed at increasing transparency for FOSS users and lists resources like FAQs and project categorizations. The example of Bitwarden, a password management solution, is highlighted.
Key quotes
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This website aims to push back against that by bringing transparency to FOSS software users.
Where Projects are Evaluated to see if they're as free and open source as advertised.
Article URL: https://isitreallyfoss.com/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44791554
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