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free is not the right word in English, it has ambiguity and also, unproductive aspects of meaning.

I was not talking about free software as in the adjective free applied to software. But free software as in the term from the free software movement where its members call code that follows their ideals of what is ethical free software.

It is a dramatic statement, not a logical one

The logical reason is that free software is less inclusive because it considers most SWE unethical for working on proprietary software. If the term open source works just as well and is more inclusive it should be used.

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