Free Software Foundation je tužena zbog raširene upotrebe termina FLOSS među članovima zajednice. Tuži ih udruženje stomatologa. Kažu da članovi Linux zajednice treba da budu sretni što im udruženje stomatologa dozvoljava upotrebu izraza 'root'... citiram:
Citiraj:
"You know, we've been saying brush and FLOSS every day for decades now. Well, FLOSS belongs to us. We're trying to associate FLOSS with good dental hygiene. The Free Software and Open Source communities are creating tremendous confusion. They're lucky we let them use 'root' - because, you know, we have that patented with 'root canal'", added Incisor.
http://www.linux.org/news/LO2007/ama_floss.html
Ako ovo nije znak da se manija patentiranja otima svakoj kontroli, onda ne znam šta jeste...