@aral As a non-native English speaker I dislike the use of ‘free’ and unhelpful mnemonics such as “free as in beer”. Liberty or gratis?
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@alloy I agree, ‘free as in beer’ is one of the most unhelpful/confusing phrases ever.
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@aral dude, close is the new openThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral It was kind of invented to be meaningless bullshit/whitewashing, no? I’d say “free software” if anybody’d know what I meant.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral maybe just embrace the two meanings… Words just mean what we make them mean.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral (And with that I mean the principles of the entity, person, or collective using those words)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral In this age of doublespeak and newspeak meaning is pretty much worthless. It's the principles behind those words that matter.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral switch to Italian : “Libero” ;-PThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral "free" has 8 meanings on an iPhone. Lol.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral the free software movement has always steadfastly refused to accept that “free” means something different to most other people.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral hence libre and gratis. You can try "Freedom" vs "Cost Free". -
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@aral Newspeak 2.0 (1984 George Orwell) :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral Also, “open as in beer opener”. Nobody is any wiser, but it sounds nice! :PThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral yeah open pretty much means "has documentation so you can use it" nowadaysThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral we've ended up with just "libre", reallyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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