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But people sometimes used to say to me, "what do you mean, it's free software, if it costs $150?" Well, the English word "free" has multiple meanings and they were confused by that. It even took me a few years to realize that I needed to clarify this. One meaning, you see, refers to price, and another meaning refers to freedom. When we speak of free software, we're talking about freedom, not price. So think of "free speech," not "free beer."