Family Sharing prevents installs of "FREE" apps.. why?!?

So I just started using family sharing from my account to my families apple ID's.. previously all apps were purchased under my ID.
Just got a new iPhone 6 for my lady, set it up under her apple ID which is part of my new family share.
Went to install several of the "Free" apps I had downloaded before.. and was denied.
Seems there are a bunch of "free" apps that don't have the family sharing bit twittled to on.
I have to actually go to a computer, launch iTunes under my wife's account, "purchase" the free app.. and only then can I install it on the new phone.
This seems silly.. the apps are free.. why not just make free apps family sharable by default?
Just sayin...

I, too, just discovered this.   I have several free apps like Twitter and Facebook.  Under iOS 8 I became the administrator for my family of 5 to share apps.
Now, not only can my family members not download these free apps, but there is no way via the iPhone to buy or gift these apps so that the can be downloaded on any of my family members' devices.
I will try the iTunes work-around but this is a very big hassle (with regard to managing apps).
Hopefully it is a design oversight and not a legitimate restriction.

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