Re: [gutvol-d] Free Beer !

----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Fawthrop" <hyphen@hyphenologist.co.uk>

Just to point out that "free as in beer," must be a purely American expression which means nothing to the English, and I am unable to work out exactly why beer should be free.

Don't worry. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to us American's either. It is a hacker expression mostly. Though where they are getting free beer all the time from I certainly don't know ... Josh PS The expression is part of a two phrase dichotomy. Free speech (rights) and free stuff (beer). The two types of free.