• Neato@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    FOSS series of novels? Is that another term for a web serial? A free novel or story posted in chunks online?

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      If this is a serious question it’s most likely a group writing collaboration of some kind, playing off the idea of the the way free and open source software is a collaborate effort.

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      it means the story is published under a license that allows you to redistribute and modify the text, the only limitation is that you can’t make a profit.

      the specific license used is Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0