Ben Finney <[email protected]> writes:
>Chris Sakkas <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Hey Karl,
>>
>> That's a fair comment - especially since 'open source' is often used
>> exclusively to refer to software. I've changed to 'Shareable and Libre',
>> which is as you say consistent with the rest of the site.
>
>No, works are not “Libre” when restricted by CC's NC or ND clauses. You
>can say they're shareable, but please don't contribute to the false
>impression of freedom some people have about those restrictive clauses.

Oh, I think Chris knows that.  There are two ways to interpret "and" in
a sentence like that.  Repeating the noun with each adjective, or using
"and/or", would have made it clearer, though.

(Where's the tracker for filing bugs on the English language? :-) )
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