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Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by babayega2 on Friday September 02, 2016 @07:11AM (#12412196)
But libre mean "free" in French whereas there is no such word in English. Why would it not be more easier for us French speaking peoples?
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Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by zgramana on Friday September 02, 2016 @01:36PM (#12414713)
FWIW, I think the closest English analog would be 'liberated', a synonym of 'free', though not that this a substantial improvement.
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Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by evacchi on Friday September 02, 2016 @07:48AM (#12412339)
That's not what I meant. What I meant is that it is harder to guess how to pronounce it to people that do not know French!
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