[fsug-kochi-discuss] Re: [Fsf-friends] IT @ School Project
Mahesh T Pai
paivakil@vsnl.net
Wed, 30 Oct 2002 22:14:38 +0530
Richard Stallman wrote:
> Using the English words "free software" is a mistake because of the
> ambiguity in the word "free". How do you say "free" (as in freedom)
> in Malayalam? That is what they should use, not "free".
Swatantrayam, swatantrata, swatantra, refer to freedom, the state of
being free and free (as in freedom) respectively; and this word is
used in *most* Indian Languages`.
Sowjanya is the term for "free as in beer". This might not hold true
for all Indian languages - in Hindi, for example, the work "mupth" or
something like that.
Regards,
Mahesh T Pai.