Free software is generally considered "free as in free speech". Doesn't always imply gratis, as people still need to pay their bills.
It’s both, as a point of law. If it’s free as in speech, it is also necessarily free as in beer. That’s what the freedom to redistribute means.
Life is a gift that also comes with no obligations. Pity everyone takes it so seriously.
You should read about psychology of gifts and how it helped the white man to conquer America. Native Americans were such honourable people that they felt every gift must be repaid and more.