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803 points csmantle | 1 comments | 13 Jul 25 08:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.336s | source
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jurgenaut23 ◴[13 Jul 25 09:41 UTC] No.44548891[source]▶
I think it’s fascinating how languages shape our society. In this case, the ambiguity between free as in “at no cost” and free as in “freedom” is probably hurting the FOSS landscape. In French, there are two very distinct terms for this: “gratuit” vs “libre”. And it doesn’t sound as an oxymoron to pay for a “logiciel libre”.
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triska ◴[13 Jul 25 09:59 UTC] No.44548988[source]▶
On the other hand, how come that the desired connotation is not the immediately prevailing one in the land of the free which is not the land of no cost.
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1. latexr ◴[13 Jul 25 10:08 UTC] No.44549040[source]▶
> in the land of the free which is not the land of no cost.

Maybe it is exactly what that means, and we’ve just been interpreting it wrong all this time.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AtK_YsVInw8

> Free installation. Free admission, free appraisal, free alterations, free delivery, free estimates, free home trial, and free parking.