The switch to is arguably good because in French there are two words that map to the English free --- libre = free as in speech, gratis = free as in beer. So li

The switch to is arguably good because in French there are two words that map to the English free --- libre = free as in speech, gratis = free as in beer. So libre is less overloaded than free, making it less ambiguous. Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_Libre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_Libre