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Thank you all, beautiful community of Calibre. You created, developed and maintained a software program that is appreciated by many people.
However, when trying to compare e-book-readers, mainly because i am advising people for ICT (hardware and software) and I respect them, i do have some issues here. I came upon the recommendation video on the Calibre site, that completely turned me off. I thought that the "libre" in "Calibre" stood for >free< as in the french and spanish word for free, this "libre" is recognized in my culture (dutch) as standing for >free<, as it is in most european languages and in many other cultures. Allmost every english-speaker, inside or outside the UK and North America or elsewhere, associate "libre" with the history of freedom. However, "Calibre" as a community/website does not want to be associated to freedom!? In your main propaganda video "Calibre", though spelled as "Calibre", is pronounced as [Kellibur] or [Kelliber], not as [Kallibre] or [Kallibré]. This is in my opinion, an extreme sign of disrespect (mainly to people who are french- or spanish-speaking or respect liberty and who do not have English as their first language) or who use the "Latin" alphabet). This is bad. You don't respect all of us : * some of who do not have English as first language, * who like the concept of "libre software" and * those of us who are inspired by the "Liberté" idea of the "French revolution". We are not one block ... But you disrespect us all. |
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creator of calibre
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Yes, we are evil non-people respecting nazis. Please boycott calibre.
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null operator (he/him)
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You are at liberty to forgo the use of calibre… for free.
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Wizard
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From the "You can't make this stuff up" file.
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Wizard
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Location: Australia
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I have always hated the word firetruck due to the hidden word within it.
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Grand Sorcerer
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Goes to show there's absolutely nothing that doesn't offend someone somewhere...
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Grand Sorcerer
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