libres

/L IY1 B R AH0 S/
adjective
  1. 1

    (software) With very few limitations on distribution or the right to access the source code to create improved versions, but not necessarily free of charge.

  2. 2

    (historical) Not enslaved (of a black person in a French- or Spanish-colonized area, especially New Orleans).

  3. 3

    (obsolete, rare) Especially of the will: free, independent, unconstrained.

noun
  1. 1

    (historical) A free (not enslaved) black person in a French- or Spanish-colonized area, especially New Orleans.