The english language suffers an unfortunate ambiguity with the word “free”. Often times, the the word conotates free as in price, to which most people equate as there being a hidden cost somewhere. But in the world of “free software” this is exactly not the case. We’re not advocating for “free” as in price, but for freedom to experiment, tinker, and extend. In the spanish language, it has two words distinguishing the meaning: “libre” and “gratis”. There is no ambiguity. I suppose, as a free software hacker, the community could use “freedom software”, yet this doesn’t sound very good. I hope that someday the world at large will understand the importance of “free” software and insist upon it.
brian
