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Re: Changes in formal naming for NetBSD porting effort(s)



On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:03, Roger Leigh <roger@whinlatter.uklinux.net> wrote:
> > What would be unacceptable about it, and why is it only a "borderline"
> > case?  What would push it over the borderline?
>
> Demons are evil, and the BSD mascot is a demon (albeit a stylised

Below is the first definition provided by the "dict daemon" command in Debian.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil
     spirit, fr. Gr. dai`mwn a divinity; of uncertain origin.]
     1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a
        middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
        [1913 Webster]

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