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The &ldquo;Free&rdquo; in Free Software does not refer to the price but to &ldquo;Freedom&rdquo;. This is no unproblematic topic and recently some of the visionaries of the movement (like Eric Raymond) have begun to talk about &ldquo;Open Source&rdquo; because &ldquo;Freedom&rdquo; has an uneasy sound to it for most people. Freedom rings of &ldquo;making world a better place&rdquo; and insecurity. It rings of change, and change frightens many people. To numb this fear, other licenses for free software have been invented in order to make the concept digestible for more people and to avoid scaring the industry.