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"Libre software" attempted to bring the distinction to the English term without using English, so English speakers never really used it. It's the L in FLOSS.
by task_queue 11y ago
"Libre software" attempted to bring the distinction to the English term without using English, so English speakers never really used it.
It's the L in FLOSS.
- foiboitoi 11y agoI don't understand why they thought it was a good idea to resort to a foreign word to describe freedom. It might make sense in America but not the rest of the English speaking world. I think freedom & liberty are immediately comprehensible in the context of software.
- task_queue 11y agoI agree, it was just as obtuse as "free" when other words would have conveyed their intent better.