Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license?
Daniel70 <[email protected]>
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On 30/06/2026 2:51 pm, german newsgroups 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 ! > Does caca really mean 10,000 (i.e. 100 x 100)?? I thought 'caca' might have meant what you might find in a Baby's nappy!! ;-P .... so a 'caca version' might have been pretty sh%$ -- Daniel70