Comment by ar_lan
7 years ago
> Remember: Free with DRM is not the same thing as free.
I agree with him the whole way that this is weird, but this particular tweet made no sense to me.
It seems akin to "Hey, we'll allow you to rent something for some duration for free", and it sounds like he's saying that that situation is also not free.
I understand it as two slightly different meanings for the word 'free'.
In French we have separate words for (a) 'free' as something we don't pay for (gratuit) and (b) 'free' as your have the freedom to use it as you wish (libre).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre