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We probably run into the problem of the word 'free' in
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of any editor to contribute content supporting their own point of view. Some editors understand the "anyone can edit" part of "the 💕 that anyone can edit" as an extension of the word "free". This is wrong, as the sentence encompasses two separate concepts. "Free" refers to licensing, as explained
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In practice, any person who has access to the World Wide Web may read the content of
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The next important dictionary to be published was an
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Knowledge (XXG) reverses the restrictive trend set by John Palsgrave half a millennium ago.
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Some people misunderstand the subtitle "the 💕 that anyone can edit", often because of the different meanings of the word "free" in the
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