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Re:Blender Is Free Software by klez on Sunday June 09, 2019 @09:19AM (#20138991)
Libre doesn't have a meaning at all, in English, so you'll have to explain that as well. In other languages that I know there is no such problem because the two meanings of "free" are clearly disambiguated by two different words.
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Re:Blender Is Free Software by ttsda on Sunday June 09, 2019 @09:28AM (#20139045)
The point is: with 'free', people might think they know what it means (it doesn't cost any money), 'libre' is context-specific.
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Re:Blender Is Free Software by chrisseaton on Sunday June 09, 2019 @10:48AM (#20139563)
In English 'libre' does mean free, but it means free as in 'free will'. It's not the same meaning as 'libre' in other languages. So it is confusing.

https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/107929

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Re:Blender Is Free Software by benj111 on Sunday June 09, 2019 @09:43AM (#20139131)
I don't have my OED to hand to check, I'd be surprised if it wasn't in there though. I had come across the word prior to my introduction to free software, I'd come across gratis also.
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Re:Blender Is Free Software by klez on Sunday June 09, 2019 @10:02AM (#20139243)
Not that it disproves you, but the only reference I could find in the online version is "vers libre", meaning "free verse", of course. I don't have a paper version to check, and I'm not a native speaker, so I'll have to trust you on this one :)
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