Why does FREE not mean free?

Another usage of free is in FOSS (Free and open Source Software) where there is no financial cost to the user of legally using said software and where the user is also free to modify the code and make (obliged too i believe) available the new code for others to benefit from.

Like Aladin i too am wound up by 'free' offers; buy X and get Y free!

Miles
 

Excel Facts

What does custom number format of ;;; mean?
Three semi-colons will hide the value in the cell. Although most people use white font instead.
I also like the many definitions of the word 'free'. (As in America, the land of the free.") - Unless of course you're talking to the I.R.S. who's official motto is:
"You wanna live in a free country, you gotta PAY!"
 
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