Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:43:51 +0100
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Use/Utilize 
Message-ID:  <200204092343.g39NhpPL069269@grimreaper.grondar.org>
In-Reply-To: <3CB3737A.1551931@mindspring.com> ; from Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>  "Tue, 09 Apr 2002 16:04:26 PDT."
References:  <3CB3737A.1551931@mindspring.com> 

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
> > Perhaps there is, but the word "use" is not an example.  I can't think
> > of any other example, except the phrase "free software", which is
> > explicitly defined in the GPL so it's not misleading for those who've
> > read the GPL.
> 
> And then when someone else uses the phrase "free software" later?

Most people don't speak English like lawyers write contracts.

GPL is a contract/license/legal document. It's not real English. It
defines very clearly key terms like "free". These meanings are only
valid in the GPL.

M
-- 
o       Mark Murray
\_
O.\_    Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200204092343.g39NhpPL069269>