Software definition, was: A possible GFDL compromise

[MJ Ray <markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk>]

On 2003-09-15 07:40:04 +0100 Mathieu Roy <yeupou@gnu.org> wrote:
>         - But it may also means that the only content that can be on a
>           Debian CD must be software under the definition that I
>           copied from two dictionnaries in the mail I just sent. [...]

For one, I cannot understand where you get this requirement.

Curiously, dicofr.com claims that "logiciel" was defined in 1967 by 
Philippe Renard as a direct replacement for the English meaning, as 
the intangible part of the computer, but then goes on to say it is now 
a synonym for program.  My nearby copy of Larousse and 
francophonie.hachette-livre.fr only have the program meaning.  Maybe 
French has become corrupted, similar to some English dictionaries?  
Someone with more resources

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