Hi Ioannis, thanks for this report.
In a future version, "Get Free Software" will become "Get Software",
with "Free Software" and "Paid Software" subsections. In the meantime,
it is important to emphasize that all the software is free, because many
new Ubuntu users will be unfamiliar with the idea of all the software
being free.
You appear to be concerned with the distinction between open-source and
closed-source software. Where the Center can deduce the licensing status
of an application, this is displayed in the application screen, e.g.
"License: Open source". We don't show this in the top-level navigation,
though, because that would be unduly prominent given the small
proportion of people who understand and care about licensing.
If you think there is some other reason we shouldn't use the term "Free
Software", let us know.
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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Software Center should not use the word "Free Software"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442882
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