Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:03:11 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > >> On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:32:10PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >>> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:36:17 -0700, Steve Langasek >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >>> > For the record, this is not the full text of the votable >>> > resolution which I proposed; the preceding text was preambulatory >>> > text, not rationale, and was submitted as part of the resolution >>> > itself. > >>> Which is it, a preamble to the resolution, or the resolution >>> itself? > >> It is a preamble, and a preamble is a votable component of a >> resolution. > > Nope. The resolution is what ew resolve to do, and is the > only actionable part; the preamble is something that lays down the > groundwork, and is part of the support ensemble that lrsfd [rp[;r to > sgree to resolve to do whatever. > >> Or perhaps you think no one ever intended to ratify "We the people"? > > I can't help it if a bunch of dead white men got is all wrong > a couple of hundred years ago :) > > Look, I pledge allegiance to the flag and the constitution of > the US, not to the preamble and other related material to the > constitution of the US.
The preamble is part of the Constitution. Maybe not one which gets used very often in court, but part of it. > The courts look at the GPL -- not the preamble to the > GPL. Incorrect. The preamble *may* have legal significance. It contains statements of intent which may color the reading of the rest of the GPL. If there is a clause with disputed interpretation, but one interpretation is compatible with the intent stated in the preamble and the other is contrary to it, a court would normally choose the compatible interpretation. Preamble-reading *does* happen in court, albeit rarely. Preambles are not mere surplusage. > When you derive a license from the GPL, you drop the preamble -- > and you modify and rename the rest to create your own license. > > Preambles are introductions to things and explanations of and > rationales for stuff. But they are not the stuff itself. They are normally part of the stuff. A preamble to a book is almost always part of the book. Preamble is almost a synonym for "introduction" or "foreword". -- Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bush admitted to violating FISA and said he was proud of it. So why isn't he in prison yet?... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
