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803 points csmantle | 2 comments | 13 Jul 25 08:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.927s | 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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crabmusket ◴[13 Jul 25 11:00 UTC] No.44549374[source]▶
I have seen OS projects use the word "libre" in English before to distinguish between "free as in beer" and "free as in speech" uses of the word. But I can't remember which projects I've seen using that.
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1. HappMacDonald ◴[13 Jul 25 11:05 UTC] No.44549397[source]▶
LibreOffice?
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2. amoshebb ◴[13 Jul 25 16:05 UTC] No.44551387[source]▶
is an "as in free beer" project.