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[Bug 875306] Re: English descriptions should distinguish free as in "freedom" or "free beer" to avoid translation issues

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From: thib <875306@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:20:02 -0000
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** Summary changed:

- Adobe Flash Plugin and Skype marked as "libre" (free as in freedom) instead of "gratuit" (free as in "free beer")) in french locale
+ English descriptions should distinguish free as in "freedom" or "free beer" to avoid translation issues

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Title:
  English descriptions should distinguish free as in "freedom" or "free
  beer" to avoid translation issues

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This may be a translation bug :
  Non-free softwares as Adobe Flash Plugin 10 (the package version is flash 11, another bug ?) and skype are marked as "libre", but they are not  pieces of free software.
  For languages which have two different words for "free" (as in "free beer" or as "freedom"), the translation should be fixed to avoid any confusion.

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