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Don't judge me I know that frequently they represent almost the same softwares but is just a matter of principles. (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

English language...

Many other languages have different words for each type of free

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And yet our professors at university translated "free software" using our word meaning "free of charge", my ears bled. It should have been libre software from the beginning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What sucks more was my CS teacher translating term "Open source" as free of cost lol. How the fuck