On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 05:44:54PM +1300, Nick Phillips wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 12:47:59PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > Why does anyone care about modified copies that don't get distributed?
>
> Consider the case where I modify gs (since that's the example I used earlier)
> and deploy it around my company.
How is "deploying" it not "distributing" it?
deploy
v 1: place troops or weapons in battle formation
2: to distribute systematically or strategically; "The U.S.
deploys its weapons in the Middle East"
distribute
v 1: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some
money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal
a blow to someone" [syn: {administer}, {mete out}, {deal},
{parcel out}, {lot}, {dispense}, {shell out}, {deal out},
{dish out}, {allot}, {dole out}]
2: distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their
language all over the country" [syn: {spread}] [ant: {gather}]
3: make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book
in Asia"
4: give out freely [syn: {give away}, {give out}, {hand out}]
5: cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among
the faculty" [syn: {circulate}, {pass around}, {pass on}]
6: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
"circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: {circulate},
{circularize}, {circularise}, {disseminate}, {propagate},
{broadcast}, {spread}, {diffuse}, {disperse}, {pass
around}]
7: to arrange in a stack or pile; "stagger the chairs in the
lecture hall" [syn: {stack}, {stagger}]
--
G. Branden Robinson | I had thought very carefully about
Debian GNU/Linux | comitting hara-kiri over this, but
branden@debian.org | I overslept this morning.
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Toshio Yamaguchi
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