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   contrapunctus ✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (contrapunctus@en.osm.town)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 20:27:35 JST contrapunctus ✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

   People new to #FreeSoftware assume it's "free as in free beer". #OpenSource misses the point - it's about the freedom (and for so many in India, "open source" = "free as in free beer" 😮💨🤦♀️). #Libre is unfamiliar and not self-explanatory.

   That's why I call it #FreedomRespecting software. Can we all please switch to that?

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 20:27:34 JST 翠星石

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     @contrapunctus New people will make a mistake, but if you tell them that free means freedom and that nothing is gratis, they won't make the same mistake again.
     
     Libre is self-explanatory when you explain that Libre is derived from Liberty.
     
     "Freedom respecting software" is an acceptable name to use, but unfortunately it's too long.
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     Alexandre Oliva (lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Feb-2025 15:10:00 JST Alexandre Oliva

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     • 翠星石
     Libre is derived from Liberty.
     it's the other way round (like sane -> sanity), but yeah, the connection is there, but I'm told it's not automatic in India
     
     I like freedom-respecting software, I've used it from time to time, especially when addressing people who aren't familiar with free software
     
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     GNU/Gabi (gabi@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Feb-2025 15:13:21 JST GNU/Gabi

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     @contrapunctus
     I'll raise the stakes: how about we familiarize ourselves with a single simple term from a non-poor language and make use of a loanword?
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