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In <5746@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx> al198723@next00.mty.itesm.mx (Eugenio Sanchez) writes:


>    This translation is as accurate as I could. Anyway, see if you
>can double-check with some other people. I'd appreciate any comments
>or corrections.

>Cuando hablamos de software libre, nos referimos a libertad, no a 
>precio                      ^^^^^

Very interesting.  So many misunderstandings could have been
eliminated if English, like Spanish, had separate words for
the confused meanings of 'free'.

For the non-Spanish readers, I'll explain, just because I think
this sentence is fun.  The sentence is a translation of:

"When we speak of free software, we refer to liberty, not price."

However, Spanish has two words (or more, maybe) which correspond
to our word 'free'.  The word 'libre' means free with respect
to liberty.  The word 'gratis' means free with respect to price.
The translation of the GPL to Spanish has rendered this sentence
somewhat of an oddity.

In any case, I'm not a native speaker, but the translation appears
to be very well done.  Are such translations considered legal
substitutes for the GPL ?

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