En Gervase Markham, de la Mozilla Foundation, es pregunta si la distinció entre programari lliure (free software) i codi obert (open source) es restringeix a la comunitat angloparlant, per això, ho pregunta en un grup de discussió.
Les preguntes i el que he respost jo, juntament amb una recerca bàsica, ho escric a continuació.

Hi guys,

I'm trying to work out whether the free software/open source split is purely an English phenomenon or whether there are equivalents in other languages and communities. So if you have a moment, could you possibly answer these few questions for your language? Many thanks :-)

1)What is your language?

Catalan
2)Does it have different words for free-as-in-speech (free software) and free-as-in-beer (zero cost)? What are they?

Free software (as in speech): Programari lliure
Free software (as in beer): Programari gratuït

3)Is there any equivalent in your language of the term “open source