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Re:Communication revamped - push Free BIOS as term

Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 08, 2006 09:18 AM
Most European languages does not carry the "free" as "at no cost" meaning at all, unlike the English language.

Just for starters. Free(as beer):

Spanish + Italian: gratuito; French: gratuit; German: kostenlos.

Free(as in "land of the..."): Spanish + Italian + French: libre; German: frei

I think it is convenient to have different words for two different meanings. It helps to avoid confusion.

Visca l'internet!

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