Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license?
Charlie Gibbs <[email protected]>
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On 2026-06-30, german newsgroups <[email protected]> wrote: > Le 29/06/2026 à 19:44, Mr. Man-wai Chang a écrit : > >> On 6/29/2026 8:59 PM, John C. wrote: >> >>> In software licensing, "libre" refers to freedom, not price. Borrowed >>> from Romance languages, it is used to specifically distinguish ... >> >> LibreOffice - Wikipedia >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice> >> >> LibreOffice vs OpenOffice — LibreOffice >> <https://www.libreoffice.org/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/> > > free means if you want, you could get the source, rewrite it > et do a another version of the software ! > may be the name will be "caca version" because, a team is > 10000 peoples ! Compare "free as in speech" with "free as in beer". -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | No artificial \ / <[email protected]> | intelligence was X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | used in the creation / \ if you read it the right way. | of this post.