Free

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Free may refer to:

• Liberty, also known as freedom
• Free of charge, without payment required
• Gratis versus libre, the distinction between the two meanings above

Philosophy

• Freedom (disambiguation)
• Free, to emancipate, to obtain political rights (usually for a disenfranchised group)
• Free will, control exercised by rational agents over their actions and decisions

Computing

• Free (programming), a function that releases dynamically allocated memory for reuse
• Freefont, an open font project
• Free format, a file format which can be used without restrictions
• Free software, software usable and distributable with few restrictions and no payment
• Freeware, a broader class of software available at no cost
• Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment, a video game genre as implemented in the game Shenmue

Mathematics

• Free object
  • Free abelian group
  • Free algebra
  • Free group
  • Free module
  • Free semigroup
• Free variable

Arts and media

Organizations

• Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, a New York agency providing services for individuals with developmental disabilities
• Fight Repression of Erotic Expression, a University of Minnesota student group, now the Queer Student Cultural Center
• Foundation for Rational Economics and Education, a libertarian think tank founded by Ron Paul
• Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment, a think tank that promotes free-market environmentalism
• Free (ISP), a French internet service provider
• Free Airlines, a Kinshasa Congolese air operator

People

• Free (surname)
• Free, a pseudonym for the activist and writer Abbie Hoffman

Public services

• Free education
• Free public transport

Other uses

• Free content, material without significant legal usability restrictions
• Free (cigarette), from Brazil

See also

• Freestyle (disambiguation)
• Freedom (disambiguation)
• Freed (disambiguation)
• Freeman (disambiguation)