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Re: A possible GFDL compromise: a proposal



On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 10:26:38AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> 
> It seems a little odd to expect Debian to contain an official
> statement saying "by software, we mean software".  Let the people who
> use bizarre definitions say "by software, we don't mean software but
> this other thing".

While I don't normally support blatant word definitions, I do see how
adding a blatant statement about software meaning "non-Hardware" could
help to ease a good deal of the confusion that repeatedly surrounds it
in these discussions.  Like it or not the word does have two meanings in
common usage.

-- 
Jamin W. Collins

Remember, root always has a loaded gun.  Don't run around with it unless
you absolutely need it. -- Vineet Kumar



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