What Does Free Really Mean?

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We all like a deal. Or, even better, something that’s all together free. Although, in most cases, we know that something that may be free on the surface, isn’t really in the end. Long before the advent of the internet and open digital distribution, the term “gift economy” was used to explain when items were gifted or given out for free without any exchange of monetary funds.