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Encyclopedia > Libre software

Libre software is another name for free software. It was coined in 2000 by the European Commission to avoid the ambiguity of the English word "free". It has been suggested that Free Software Replacements be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...


While the English word "free" can mean either "no price" or "unfettered", the word "libre", borrowed from French and Spanish, means exclusively "unfettered" (or "free" in the sense of "has freedom"). French and Spanish have the words "gratuit" and "gratis", respectively, which mean "no price".


Although the term has been broadly accepted by the free software community, as of 2004, it has not seen widespread adoption as a term for stand-alone usage, but the derived name FLOSS (for Free/Libre/Open-Source Software) has seen more wider use. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS or sometimes FOSS) is a hybrid term for both free software and open source software. ... The phrase Free/Libre/Open-Source Software (FLOSS; see also the similarly derived FOSS) refers to both Free Software and Open Source Software. ...


This may be problematic in the Philippines, where "Libre" means "gratis".


  Results from FactBites:
 
Free software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3132 words)
The usual way for software to be distributed as free software is for the software to be licensed to the recipient with a free software license (or be in the public domain), and the source code of the software to be made available (for a compiled language).
Software development for the GNU operating system began in January 1984, and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) was founded in October 1985.
Software that is not free software is known as proprietary software.
Debian -- What Does Free Mean? (1044 words)
Software that is free only in the sense that you don't need to pay to use it is hardly free at all.
Software licensed at no cost is usually a weapon in a marketing campaign to promote a related product or to drive a smaller competitor out of business.
Software companies are looking to protect their assets so they only release compiled code (which isn't human readable) and put many restrictions on the use of the software.
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