It is not a free license in any respect. It is really just a notice which says, "feel free to print out some more copies of these and distribute them if you want without charge." That's not within the definition of free content at all ? it's the wrong type of "free."
If you are referring to the difference between "freedom" and "no charge", yes, I do in fact understand this. In French we even use two different words. But, it seems to me that on the French wikipedia the assumption is not made that "free" (as in freedom) will mean what you seem to think it means (and I'm not sure what that is, but it obviously excludes CC-BY-ND). In fact even the "free" in "free encyclopedia" is elaborated. More to the point, the rejection of ND (and NC) media couldn't be more clearly spelt out there. Not to suggest we must be as restrictive on English WP as we are on French WP, of course.
Regards, Daniel