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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by bregma on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:38AM (#24482472)
The word 'freedom' is itself highly politically charged in a certain very influential country. It has various context-dependent nuances best left undisturbed outside of targeted party-political discourse.
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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by Qwertious on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @04:50AM (#24490792)
When we talk about free software, we're already explicitly invoking "free as in freedom" though. If you want to avoid the " freedom" rhetoric then you should talk about open-source instead.
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