"FOSSie" meaning in English

See FOSSie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: FOSSies [plural]
Etymology: FOSS + -ie Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|FOSS|ie}} FOSS + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} FOSSie (plural FOSSies)
  1. (computing, informal) An advocate of free open source software. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing

Inflected forms

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