James Wilkinson wrote:
> 
> This one time, at band camp, Ian Tester said:
> >Erm, frei? freisoftware?
> >Don't know too much German...
> 
> 'Zimmer frei' literally translates as 'free room' -- I think some
> hackers will take offence at their software being labelled as 'empty' :)

And free as in 'no cost' is usually 'kostenlos' in German.

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