On: Blender Is Free Software

[Al-Khwarizmi]

In fact, it is also a Spanish word, roughly pronounced "leebray" (in Italian and Latin it's different, though).

In fact, just learned now that it's supposed to be loaned from French, I had always assumed it to be from Spanish (I'm biased because I'm Spanish).

[kgwgk → Al-Khwarizmi]

> just learned now that it's supposed to be loaned from French

Is it? According to https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

‘We sometimes call it “libre software,” borrowing the French or Spanish word for “free” as in freedom’

[MagicPropmaker → kgwgk]

Exactly. The "French Way" thing is an affect that's frequently mocked on other forums, see https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/le