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andrepd on Aug 4, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Standard Ebooks: Free public-domain ebooks, carefu...

Yes but how does Google enter into this?

feanaro on Aug 4, 2019 | [–]

It doesn't directly, only as a meme, or archetype. The same way that beer is not directly related to the concept of gratis, but you still use it in the illustrative phrase "free as in beer".

monadgonad on Aug 13, 2019 | [–]

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