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"I personally would assume they mean “libre”, not “gratis”." I don't even know what either of those mean and I've been coding and on HN for years. I'm not even
by ClassyJacket 7y ago
"I personally would assume they mean “libre”, not “gratis”."
I don't even know what either of those mean and I've been coding and on HN for years. I'm not even sure how to pronounce the first one. In Australia at least, 'free' means it doesn't cost money.
- commoner 7y agoFree has two standard meanings that are used commonly, "free of charge" (gratis) and "free from restriction" (libre): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre Gratis: "Buy one, get one free." Libre: "You are free to leave."