Gratis (/ˈɡrɑːtɪs/) in English is adopted from the various Romance and Germanic languages, ultimately descending from the plural ablative 展开

Libre (/ˈliːbrə/) in English is adopted from the various Romance languages, ultimately descending from the Latin word līber; its origin is closely related to liberty. It denotes "the state of being free", as in "liberty" or "having freedom". The Oxford English Dictionary 展开

In order to reflect real-world differences in the degree of open access, the distinction between gratis open access and libre open access was added in … 展开

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• The dictionary definition of libre at Wiktionary
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