Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 09:06:30AM +1000, Michael Wardle wrote: > > raphael calvelli wrote: > > > - "free software" is confusing because "free" is "freedom" and "zero > > > costing" together; > > > > > > So, what about use of the term "libre software" ? It is already > > > working in italian "libero", french "libre" and spanish "libre". > > > > "gratis software" would be a good term, since gratis is already an > > accepted English word meaning free (of charge). > > you have completly missed the point. Free Software has nothing > whatsoever to do with cost. it is about Freedom.
I was trying to clarify the _other_ meaning of "free", so that we might contrast libre and gratis (rather than calling either "free"). -- MICHAEL WARDLE
