is the ancestor of all Indo-European Languages of India, including Hindi, despite English being the lingua franca. Other terms such as "kattatra menporul (கட்டற்ற_மென்பொருள்)" for free software, where kattatra means free and menporul means software is also being used in Tamil Nadu and Tamils in other parts of the world. In the Philippines, "malayang software" is sometimes used. The word "libre" exists in the Filipino language, and it came from the Spanish language, but has acquired the same cost/freedom ambiguity of the English word "free". According to Meranau "Free" is KANDURI, Diccubayadan, Libre. See also Free software community Free software movement GNU/Linux naming controversy History of free software Open source vs. closed source Permissive free software licences References External links Hancock, Terry. "The Jargon of Freedom: 60 Words and Phrases with Context" Free Software Magazine. 2010-20-24 Berry, D M (2004). The Contestation of Code: A Preliminary Investigation into the Discourse of the Free Software and Open Software Movement, Critical Discourse Studies, Volume 1(1). Differences between open-source and free software as interpreted by Slackware FreeOpenSourceSoftware.org Wiki (same as FreeLibreOpenSourceSoftware.org) FSF's suggested translations of free software to languages other than English John Stanforth, an Open Source proponent, on the differences between the Open Source Initiative and the Free Software Foundation. Free software culture and documents Naming controversies