Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license?
Daniel70 <[email protected]>
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On 1/07/2026 4:51 am, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > 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". > To me, "free as in speech" is ME being able to say whatever I want .... whereas with "free as in beer" that's someone wanting to get my attention to SELL me something (maybe a brand of beer!!). Am I wrong?? -- Daniel70