On 31 Mar 2005 00:56:10 GMT MJ Ray wrote: > Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The point -at least for me- is to figure out if others agree. > > Some of the main opinion against this point are that dfsg are > > directed to software and cc are not. > > I'm not familiar with Italian, but at least in some other languages, > this opinion has been motivated by confusing the words "software" > and "program".
I think there's nothing special with Italian, in this case.
Many people in Italy use the term "software" in its strictest meaning
(that is, programs only).
Other people use it in its widest meaning (that is, to summarize,
information suitable for automatic processing).
It seems that the same situation applies to English-speaking
environments (and even other linguistic contexts), at least judging from
the long lasting discussions about "What is software?" that sprang up
during the neverending GFDL story...
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:-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-)
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