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; As in beer : It doesn't cost anything.
; As in speech : It's not confined, it has freedom, etc...
-FreeSoftware is about "Free as in Free Speech", although it's often has
no cost associated with it, and thus
the confusion persists. People tend to talk about "Free as in freedom" with a capital F and "free as in beer" with a lowercase "f". [YMMV].
+FreeSoftware is about "Free as in Free Speech", even though
no cost is usually
associated with it. Thus
the confusion persists. People tend to talk about "Free as in freedom" with a capital F and "free as in beer" with a lowercase "f". [YMMV].
Perhaps it would be better if people used the latin words ''libre'' (as in liberty) and ''gratis'' (as in no cost)...
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