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It's not a redefinition. "Free" carries at least 2 meanings in English.

• Eikon 7y ago
  You are right. Thinking about it, my previous point may be heavily biased by how “free software” sounds and how the wording is used in my native language.
  • mc3 7y ago
    There is a good point in there. I caused confusion here. Most people would thing "free software" means free as in $0, because it make more sense in the context of software, which isn't a person. A free felon, by contrast would imply person, so they have freedom. We are not giving away felons.
• lopmotr 7y ago
  FSF's "free" is neither. You can't do whatever you want with GPL software and if you want to do those forbidden things, you can sometimes buy permission using money.
  • mc3 7y ago
    True. you are free to do what you want, except restrict other people's freedom.