How can one say Linux is $-free . . . ?

[Derek Broughton]

H.S. wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
> 
>> the software is "Free" - as in speech, not as in beer.
> 
> There are many places in the world where one does not need the phrase
> "free as in beer" to express "real" freedom.

[rather the reverse...]

> I realize what the intended 
> meaning is. The two phrases (free speech, free beer) are required
> because of, I assume, absence of a word in the English language which
> means "really free". I point this out because depending on the cultural
> background of a person, "free as in beer" may not mean much. 

I'm fully aware of that, but I figure anybody who cares should google for
it...
-- 
derek