Talk:ReactOS

ReactOS 0.4.4 Released

https://www.reactos.org/project-news/reactos-044-released Released Feb 16, 2017. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anttipng (talk • contribs) 20:45, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Describes reactOS itself as FOSS or FLOSS or open source ?

Looking at their mainpage I find "Free" and "open source" neither FLOSS or Libre. If you can't bring stronger evidence FLOSS is out. Shaddim (talk) 01:05, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

FLOSS stands for "Free/Libre Open Source Software". It is the adopted term of the European Council and EU documents regarding FLOSS. One could argue that debian or GPG are FOSS, not FLOSS, as there are parts of them falling under US export restrictions (so debian has a "non-US" repository); but ReactOS meets no such limitations.

Quite frankly, here in Europe, no one gives a ... about terminology; if we talk about something being "Open Source", it is the same as FLOSS. We might even call FLOSH "FLOSS", and circuit designs most obviously are NOT "software", no matter what the "mainpage" says.

As English is also a traffic language in the area of the European Council (which Russia is part of) and the EU (which it isn't), it is prudent to use the official terminology of the European Council. The usage of the EuroCouncil and EU even PUBLICISED the term "FLOSS" in the European Theatre. So in the USA, Asia and Australia, "FOSS" may be "more accepted" (I haven't found anyone not understanding FLOSS yet even there, IMO it was coined by Richard Stallman to make it 100% clear it is not shared source or freeware), but as ReactOS is a Russian project, the official term is "FLOSS". --Hornsignal (talk) 01:14, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

I'm aware that the EU used "FLOSS" in some documents and I'm aware that RMS propaganizes FLOSS. But for Wikipedia matters only the reality (not what some entities want). 1.) uses ReactOS the term themselves? Looks like not. 2.) is FLOSS the common term for out side perception? looks like not, if I look at external reviews, e.g. this one in fact "open source" is most common. Shaddim (talk) 01:20, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

FLOSS vs FOSS

ReactOS is FLOSS. There is no part of ReactOS that may not be in this form NOT been exported from the USA. There IS no part of ReactOS created in the USA. It is an European project, and the official European term is "FLOSS", not "FOSS". As there is no distinction between "ReactOS" and "ReactOS non-US" (like, eg, in debian), there is no reason AT ALL to deny it the official European term "FLOSS".

If it were a US project, en.wikipedia could very well apply the term "more accepted" in the US "FOSS". ReactOS is Russian, in the European theatre. So European guidelines have to apply, and European Council and EU have adopted FLOSS.

(And this is a matter of dispute because of... reasons?) --Hornsignal (talk) 01:06, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

As I stated above, show that they use it themselves. If not, next default is what is commonly in WP or in the IT domain. FLOSS is a not the most common term, the default. (PS: I come from the EU, FLOSS is not the official term or even a common term over here)Shaddim (talk) 01:09, 18 February 2017 (UTC)