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Of course RMS understood the overtone perfectly, but Vrije Universiteit (vu.nl) is the real name of the university. Its name can be translated to "liberated u
by throwaway81523 8mo ago
Of course RMS understood the overtone perfectly, but Vrije Universiteit (vu.nl) is the real name of the university. Its name can be translated to "liberated university". As I understand it, it's a free university in the sense that historically, students of all religions were eligible to attend, as opposed to e.g. Katholieke Universiteit which was Catholic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrije_Universiteit_Amsterdam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrije_Universiteit_Amsterdam
- yellowapple 8mo agoSounds like Katholieke Universiteit ought to release their own Compiler Kit ;)
- throwaway81523 8mo agoCatholic University Compiler Kit? It would have to use one of the eponymous licenses if it didn't want to cause a paradox, heh. https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/why-i-use-the-gpl-and-not-cuck-licenses/ https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/why-i-use-the-gpl-and-not-cuc...
- phicoh 8mo agoThe librarated part means free from government control. Until the VU all Dutch universities belonged (indirectly) to the Dutch government.
- JJMcJ 8mo agoSome universities, especially in Latin America, use the term "autonomous". Is that the same thing is "free" in this context?
- phicoh 8mo agoYes. Absence of direct control by the government. The VU was founded for religious reasons, so the main goal was to be able to teach theology according to the particular type of protestant Christianity that the founders of the VU believed in.
- jacquesm 8mo agoI think the part that he - and you - missed is that tuition at the time was entirely free, so it wasn't just 'free' in one sense of the word.
- DonHopkins 8mo agoVrije as in "Not Catholic", not as in beer.