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Free

It is confusing to outsiders, but by us, as well as the wider tech and some non-tech communities, the word free is normally used in the sense of free as in freedom, i.e. implying freedom, not price. The word for "free of cost" is gratis (also free as in beer) or freeware. To prevent this confusion the word libre is sometimes used in place of free, or we say free as in freedom, free as in speech, even FOSS (this one is not so strong) etc.


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