Talk:Free

Not regulated, restircted or controlled.

Costing nothing.

Not containing something. (Free of additives).

"Think 'free speech'%5000000, not 'free beer.'" – Richard Stallman This idea needs elaboration, but it's here as a seed for development of this article. <>< tbc

I visited this article on Wikipedia specifically because I had recently seen the phrases "free (as in beer)" and "free (as in beer and speech)" online. I started to wonder what the origin of these distinctions were and came to this article. Sadly, the information I was looking for was only here, on the discussion page. If these phrases are coming anywhere close to the common (internet) parlance, then IMO there should definitely be a Wikipedia page (this one or another) briefly explaning the origin and meaning behind them. Also: what's with the "free to write for TLove" part about? -IQpierce

See Gratis versus Libre. —Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley _talk _contrib 20:39, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Free as in speech" means unrestricted, "free as in beer" means without cost.

Is this whole article not something that belongs on the wiktionary ? I would propose to delete it.

It is currently a dismbiguation page. Intro looks like a dicdef, so needs to go. The rest maybe should be moved to Freedom if not deleted. Is anyone going to genuinely search for free expecting any of these and why shouldn't this disambig be merged with Freedom? —Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley _talk _contrib 20:39, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd also like to see 'free like speech, not like beer' on here somehow. I'm not sure how best to do it, but like many others here agree it needs presence. ThuranX 02:06, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Software

Wouldn't free software make more sense under CS than economics? —Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley _talk _contrib 20:41, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Price

I was looking for information of what constitutes free products. Free has long been a marketing or sales tactic, but I don't see anything pertinent on this page. -- EsotericRogue Talk 03:50, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).

I can't see anything on the above either. Unless it’s there and I've missed it. Otherwise, it seems something that's worth making a page for. Helper201 (talk) 00:17, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Free (computing)" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Free (computing) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 27 § Free (computing) until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer 1234qwer 4 01:19, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of links

Hi ZimZalaBim. Removing these serves no benefit to the page. These are all things related to the concept of "free". I didn't add "every possible phrase". Helper201 (talk) 16:54, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree and refer you to WP:PARTIAL. Just because the word "free" appears in these article titles doesn't mean they belong on the disambiguation page about the word/concept of "free". --ZimZalaBim ^talk 17:29, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To elaborate on ZimZalaBim's reply, the disambiguation page is not an article about "the concept of 'free'". It is a navigation page differentiating ambiguously named topics that are, or are very likely to be, referred to by the term "free" alone. It is unlikely that anyone navigating to this dab page is looking for Free Comic Book Day or Give-away shop. The articles you added are unambiguous examples of the general concepts discussed in the article Gratis versus libre and perhaps could be added there, if they aren't mentioned already.—ShelfSkewed Talk 18:03, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]