[lojban-beginners] Re: Parallell 2

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 11/22/05, Sunnan <sunnan@handgranat.org> wrote:
> Relating it to lojban; what are the proper terms for free software and
> gratis software? Is nonjdima a good word for gratis?

I'd say {nonseldi'a}, "zero-priced".

>How is zifre to be
> used for free software? I used it earlier in this thread because the
> gismu list has "unfettered/unrestricted" as two of it's "adjective"
> forms. {lo samselpla cu zifre} is wrong but is {mi nelci lo zifre
> samselpla} also wrong?
> Is zifre perhaps the wrong word altogether?

I'm not so sure that {lo samselpla cu zifre} is wrong.

I think perhaps one could say {lo samselpla cu zifre lo nu se galfi},
"software is free to be modified". In other words, the event in x2 of
{zifre} is unconstrained, and the x1 of {zifre} is one of the participants
of the event, not necesssarily the agent. Or perhaps the x1 has to
be necessarily the agent? I don't know.

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