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%$
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Daniel70
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