On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 08:15:00PM +0100, Felix Schwarz wrote: > I think "frei" has several meanings in German and the economical meaning is > not the most important one. But there are connotations like "kostenfrei" > (free of charge), "frei Haus" (no delivery fees) or "portofrei" (no fee for > stamps).
[ dictionary entry snipped ] Thanks for helping out with the dictionary. :-) Thinking twice about it, yes, "frei" can be used like "free beer", but at least I'd say it's not a very common or the typical meaning. > >Is there a translation for "free software" in German ? > >If yes, is it used by the native people ? > > "Freie Software" this seems to be the most commonly used term. "Open Source > Software" is sometimes translated as "quelloffene Software" (mostly at > Heise.de). Agreed. Nikolaus _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
