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Re:Show HN: Open-source isolated browser, free for journalis... by bhickey on Sunday July 26, 2020 @10:44AM (#23957403)
This isn't a compelling argument. No one says "free software" is bad branding because you're implored to "think free as in free speech, not free beer."
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Re:Show HN: Open-source isolated browser, free for journalis... by mehrdadn on Sunday July 26, 2020 @05:51PM (#23960459)
I imagine they didn't start using "libre" due to a sheer lack of problems with "free".

> The loan adjective "libre" is often used to avoid the ambiguity of the word "free" in English language, and the ambiguity with the older usage of "free software" as public-domain software.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software#Naming_and_diffe...

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