On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 02:17:39PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 01:31:11PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > > "cause the modified files to carry prominent notices"; it doesn't say "the > > modified files or loosely associated metadata". > > Nit: "carry" and "contain" are not the same word. > > Furthermore, "carry" has literally dozens of definitions -- none of > which are specific to "files" but many of which have some relevance > through analogy or metaphor. Hmm, I would have objected to your position, but then I thought of some of the usages of "carry", such as: * I am carrying some parasites. * He is carrying a virus. Given the metaphorical uses of "parasite" and "virus" we've seen in the Free Software community, this should be ample fodder for further flamewars. :) But more seriously, you do raise an interesting point. -- G. Branden Robinson | Religion is regarded by the common Debian GNU/Linux | people as true, by the wise as branden@debian.org | false, and by the rulers as useful. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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