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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: OT: Meaning of the word "free"
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 10:53:44 +0000 (UTC)
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On 21 Nov 2001 16:28:33 -0600, Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> Since certain people here in comp.lang.ada say that the English
> word "free" is overloaded, perhaps someone could answer a slightly
> off-topic question.  The choices in French, as I understand it, are
> "libre" and "gratis".  Which one of those corresponds to the use of
> "free" in the English phrase "bug-free" ?

Well I guess if you use gratis it says that you don't have to pay for
the bugs ;-) As I'm not a frech speaker let me use my own language to
illustrate since we also use the word gratis.

In Norwegian we have the two words fri and gratis (from latin: gratia=thanks).

fri = free (that is as in free speech, liberty etc...)
gratis = free (as in getting somthing without having to pay)

so:

   Jeg er fri.             = I am free.
   Jeg fikk en gratis �l   = I got a free beer.

   Koden er feilfri[*]     = The code is bug-free.

   feilfri is composed of the words: feil = error and fri and really
   reads error-free, but I guess bug-free is more used in English.

Hope it helps

Preben
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