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Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license?

From Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
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 2026-06-30 20:05 +1000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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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

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What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2026-06-29 05:59 -0700
  Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? "p-0 0-h the cat (coder)" <super.pooh@fluffyunderbelly.invalid> - 2026-06-29 17:32 +0000
    Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-06-29 12:21 -0700
      Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? "p-0 0-h the cat (coder)" <super.pooh@fluffyunderbelly.invalid> - 2026-06-30 09:11 +0000
        Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2026-06-30 04:40 -0700
          Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? "p-0 0-h the cat (coder)" <super.pooh@fluffyunderbelly.invalid> - 2026-06-30 18:23 +0000
    Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2026-06-30 04:39 -0700
  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? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-06-30 17:13 +0800
          Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2026-07-01 17:49 +1000
            Re: What does "libre" refer to in the context of a software license? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-01 18:50 +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" ... "caca" <-- laughing? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-06-30 18:19 +0800
          Re: What does "libre" ... "caca" <-- laughing? german newsgroups <usualsuspectrider@gmail.com> - 2026-06-30 12:55 +0200
      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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