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Except some Open Source software is not, in fact, Free. Then there are sneaky variasions such as "Open Core", that indeed looks Open Source if you squint just right, but is pretty far removed from the original Free Software philosophy.

Thankfully, Most languages don't have this problem, since they have 2 distinct adjective for "gratis" and "freedom".



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