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| From | Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.comp.freeware, alt.os.linux.mint, comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? |
| Date | 2026-07-01 20:28 +1000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <1122q54$1posb$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <111tq6s$btst$1@dont-email.me> <111uauo$h505$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> <111vi0f$3q9aa$1@news.usenet.ovh> <seU0S.4$kfzb.1@fx35.iad> |
Cross-posted to 5 groups.
On 1/07/2026 4:51 am, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2026-06-30, german newsgroups <usualsuspectrider@gmail.com> 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
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Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-06-30 01:44 +0800
Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? german newsgroups <usualsuspectrider@gmail.com> - 2026-06-30 06:51 +0200
Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-06-30 16:04 +0800
Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-06-30 20:05 +1000
Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-06-30 18:51 +0000
Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-07-01 20:28 +1000
Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-01 13:20 +0100
Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-07-02 22:11 +1000
Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-02 21:07 +0000
Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-07-03 20:46 +1000
Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-03 03:19 +0000
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