Hi,
On Monday 19 Feb 2007 16:54:33 Dhawal Doshy wrote:
> Pradeepto Bhattacharya wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > On 2/19/07, Mrugesh Karnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> On Monday 19 Feb 2007 14:11:51 Dhawal Doshy wrote:
> >> > True.. but libre == fookat..
> >>
> >> Uhhh, no Philip is correct.
> >>
> >> libre = free as in freedom, not free as in cost
> >>
> >> Said to me by a friend of mine who knows French and hasn't heard of
> >> Linux.
> >
> > Right! Its derived from ...
> > French liberté = Latin libertas == freedom
> > "logiciels libres" = free software ( French )
>
> Wrong!! libre == free.. also liberté != libre though they have common
> roots in Latin.
*sigh*. Sure I am wrong and so is the *french native* I
asked this question. Perhaps he was learning some other language since
last 30 years somewhere in Cheval Blanc, France. He also said -
logiciel is a made-up word, which starts with "logic" and ends like
"matériel" (hardware). ( but what the hell does he know? He's just a
french by birth. )
I wanted to reply earlier but Philip and Mrugesh had
already replied. But you displayed weird sense of humour ( confer that
stupid hsc joke, whatever it meant ), I thought I should reply.
Btw, you quoted some links. Did you even bother to read
them before posting. It had many meanings of Libre like ...
Principal Translations:
libre (pas occupé) adj free (not occupied)
libre (chambre) adj vacant (room)
marché libre open market ( note open market and not
fukat/help-your-self-its-free-market)
zone de libre-échange nf free trade area
monde libre nm free world
nage libre free-swimming
nation libre nf free nation
né libre freeborn
cité libre nf free city ....... many such meanings.
Nowhere it's mentioned free-of-charge. The word
money,paid,charge doesnot appear on that page.
Also you mention babelfish translation site, imho,
translational tools are not perfect (yet).
Cheers!
Pradeepto
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