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by mehrdadn 2153 days ago
I imagine they didn't start using "libre" due to a sheer lack of problems with "free".

> The loan adjective "libre" is often used to avoid the ambiguity of the word "free" in English language, and the ambiguity with the older usage of "free software" as public-domain software.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software#Naming_and_diffe...