> Libreoffice provides a commodity for free. That's the whole value proposition. It's implied by the Libre part of the name. In fact the opposite is true. Beca

> Libreoffice provides a commodity for free. That's the whole value proposition. It's implied by the Libre part of the name. In fact the opposite is true. Because “free” in English can be used both for freedom and for beer, the terms “libre” and “gratis” can be used to clarify what you’re talking about when you say “free”. Libre means freedom, as in liberty, and makes no reference to the price. Of course LibreOffice is free of charge, and almost all open source software is, but the name definitely doesn’t imply it.