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-One of the most contentious words in the OpenSource/FreeSoftware movements. The problem is that in english
there are two different meanings of the word "free":
+One of the most contentious words in the OpenSource/FreeSoftware movements. The problem is that in [English]
there are two different meanings of the word "free":
; 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", 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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+A [good discussion | http://www.xiph.org/about.html] about why things should be [Free] posted on [xiph.org | http://www.xiph.org/].
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