Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Scripsit [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) > > Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Scripsit [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) > > > > > Unfortunately, it lacks permission to distribute modified copies > > > > "... and to alter it and distribute it freely"? > > > While all logic and reason might say that is good enough, > > If the permissions to alter and to distribute were separate, it > would have read > > ... and to alter it and _to_ distribute it freely. > > Since the two phrases share the "to", they describe sequential, > not parallel actions.
What you point out is that the wording is ambiguous. I'm not trying to be a nudge here; really, this is what UW played, and it totally stung us for a long time.
