libre
Free in French
Libre is a Spanish and French word meaning free, borrowed into English primarily in technical and political contexts where it emphasizes freedom from restrictions rather than freedom from cost.
The distinction matters in software: libre software grants users rights to modify and share code, while free software might just mean no charge.
The phrase gratis versus libre captures this: gratis is free beer, libre is free speech.
Open source license type
- copyleftMandatory openness inheritance clause
- GitHubWeb-based code hosting service
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- forkTined eating tool
Linux · GNU · Firefox · LibreOffice · Wikimedia
Release from legal bondage
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
- unshacklingRemoving fetters or constraints
- abolitionismMovement to end oppression
suffrage · enfranchisement · exodus · rescue · salvation · redemption · unbinding · unfettering
Supreme independent authority
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- nationhoodStatus as independent country
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
decolonization · republic · revolution · secession · autarky · nonalignment · confederation · Bolivar
At no expense
- complimentaryFree or expressing praise
- costlessRequiring no payment
- freebieItem given gratis
- giveawayFree item or betraying clue
Controlling one's own affairs
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- agencyPower to act
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
self-reliance · self-sufficiency · self-direction · self-management · decentralization · self-regulation · individualism · consent
Having no limits
- unlimitedWithout bounds or restrictions
- unconstrainedHaving no restrictions
- unfetteredFree from restriction
- unhinderedNot held back
unrestrained · unbridled · permissive · unregulated · uncensored · uninhibited · unconditional · boundless
GPL
Open source license type
- copyleftMandatory openness inheritance clause
- GitHubWeb-based code hosting service
- repositoryPlace for storing things
emancipation
Release from legal bondage
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
- unshacklingRemoving fetters or constraints
abolitionism · suffrage · enfranchisement · exodus · rescue · salvation · redemption · unbinding · unfettering · extrication
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- nationhoodStatus as independent country
statehood · decolonization · republic · revolution · secession · autarky · nonalignment · confederation · Bolivar · anticolonial
gratis
At no expense
- complimentaryFree or expressing praise
- costlessRequiring no payment
- freebieItem given gratis
giveaway · comp · courtesy · no-cost · donation · gift · voluntary
self-governing
Controlling one's own affairs
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- agencyPower to act
empowerment · self-reliance · self-sufficiency · self-direction · self-management · decentralization · self-regulation · individualism · consent · self-guided
unbounded
Having no limits
- unlimitedWithout bounds or restrictions
- unconstrainedHaving no restrictions
- unfetteredFree from restriction
unhindered · unrestrained · unbridled · permissive · unregulated · uncensored · uninhibited · unconditional · boundless · limitless
- Spanish-Portuguese wordsbueno, grande, nuevo, alto, largo
- copyleftcopyleft, GPL, share-alike, Creative Commons, free software
- Open LicensingCreative Commons, public domain, copyleft, open source, free software
- Revolucionguerrilla, putsch, regimen
- open sourceGNU, open source software, free software, GPL, forks
librecaptive
One held by force
imprisoned · enslaved · incarcerated · confined · detained
libreoppressed
Treated with cruel control
enslaved · subjugated · tyrannized · unfree · colonized
librepaid
Gave money owed
costly · premium · proprietary · priced · commercial
- Statue of LibertyIsland colossus near Manhattan
- Sons of LibertyRevolutionary-era resistance movement
- liberal artsNon-vocational higher education
- at libertyFree from confinement
- take the libertyAct without authorization
- Liberty BellCracked American independence symbol
liberal, liberty, liberate, liberation, liberator, illiberal, libertine, liberalize, neoliberal