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Date:      Mon, 28 Nov 2022 18:42:39 +0100
From:      Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>
To:        Laurent Jean <laurent@nilio.ca>, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD financing
Message-ID:  <aaa80051-d162-1202-974a-10761f62a0a8@madpilot.net>
In-Reply-To: <F2B19639-D368-4427-AB92-6BE191F365F9@nilio.ca>
References:  <c3d78117-c3f8-a6d2-9d64-74a97ce686ba@puchar.net> <F2B19639-D368-4427-AB92-6BE191F365F9@nilio.ca>

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On 28/11/22 18:18, Laurent Jean wrote:
> Freedom is subjective.

Just to nitpick, the english language has a problem with the word "free" 
meaning two completely different things.

for completeness: free as "you don't have to pay for it", is a 
completely different concept from free as "with no strings attached".

My language (and all the ones deriving from Latin, Latin included) have 
separate words for those meanings, for example (libero/libre -> no 
strings attached, gratis -> without paying)

I suspect that the word "free" has caused a lot of misunderstanding in 
this area.

-- 
Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>




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