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Re:Blender Is Free Software by zarify on Sunday June 09, 2019 @09:28AM (#20139048)
Speaking as an Australian, a “Freedom” prefix makes it sound like yet another cheesy American grab at patriotism.

(This may come across as snark, but it seriously isn’t. “Freedom” anything has been polluted, IMHO)

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Re:Blender Is Free Software by alpaca128 on Sunday June 09, 2019 @11:15AM (#20139722)
And considering the US Department of Energy just started labeling fossil fuels as "molecules of freedom" and "freedom gas"(no joke)[1] it looks like that only gets worse.

[1]: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/us-department-of...

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Re:Blender Is Free Software by asmithmd1 on Sunday June 09, 2019 @11:12AM (#20139701)
Right, like Freedom units. The temperature is 74F, the F is for freedom
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Re:Blender Is Free Software by welly on Sunday June 09, 2019 @11:13AM (#20139710)
Molecules of freedom?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/may/29/energy-depa...

Perhaps bytes of freedom?

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Re:Blender Is Free Software by CrazyStat on Sunday June 09, 2019 @09:34AM (#20139082)
Sounds like Australia needs some Freedom(TM).
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Re:Blender Is Free Software by kgwxd on Sunday June 09, 2019 @10:32AM (#20139439)
Speaking as an American, that's exactly what I first thought too.
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Re:Blender Is Free Software by frutiger on Sunday June 09, 2019 @10:03AM (#20139251)
Fair point. For what it’s worth I’m British (but expat in the States).
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