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> zero cost of mass unsolicited mail We use "free" as in zero (immediate) cost, and also use the same word to mean liberty. In source code, I would expect tha
by smitty1e 7y ago
> zero cost of mass unsolicited mail
We use "free" as in zero (immediate) cost, and also use the same word to mean liberty.
In source code, I would expect that kind of conflation to be a source of subtle and vexing bugs for the application.
Can someone smarter than me produce a TED talk that introduces an improvement on this F-word?
- jauco 7y agoThere’s libre (freedom) and gratis (zero costs)
- smitty1e 7y agoExcellent
- jaredklewis 7y agoIf it’s unclear, just say “free as in beer@ or “free as in speech.”