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Now could you explain it like I'm 4?
You don't know any 5yo software engineers?
Free software had a non-free extra bit that it technically didn't need. Accidentally got changed to need the non-free part in order to run which caused news stories. Now the change has been reverted so it's free again.
Now could you explain it like I'm 3?
Free cookie recipe not really free because oopsie! Man fixed it now. Cookie recipe is free again! Yay!
Now could you explain it like I'm 2?
NO, LouNeko! No touchy non-FOSS.
Now could you explain it like I'm 104?