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Meh, what it is is way more important that what's behind the acronym that nobody ever uses written out.

Anybody in the FOSS scene in Europe already knows what it is, it doesn't really need more publicity.

Why is the acronym more important than what is said in the first sentence on the landing page:

FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.

Because that sentence is so generic it could describe pretty much any developer event anywhere.

I've known and participated in FOSDEM for the past ten years and never even knew what the acronym stood for.

The description is accurate and far more important.