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		phantomathkg on May 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The web’s most important decision Curious, what is the difference between "actually gratis" and "libre"?

godshatter on May 1, 2023 | [–]

Not the parent poster, but I'm assuming "actually gratis" means "free as in beer" (doesn't cost money, presumably with no data harvesting) while "libre" means "free as in speech" (open source license of some kind).

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