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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] programming language package manager


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] programming language package manager
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 18:04:34 -0400

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  > Curisously enough, recently a novice translator argued that
  > the combination of "free" and "libre" must mean "free as in freedom"
  > and "gratis", because "libre" means freedom, so "free" is unnecessary
  > unless it adds some different meaning.

Would it be clearer to say "free(libre)"?

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