Bzzzzzt! Wrong! Unless, of course, that was Middle English I was being taught throughout my school days in the UK, and my UK dictionaries date from that period... ;-)
-- Martin Cooper ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sale, Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jakarta General List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 8:04 AM Subject: RE: [VOTE] ASL vs. GPL page: is this okay? > except that licence, is only used in Middle English > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Martin Cooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 1:20 AM > > To: Jakarta General List > > Subject: Re: [VOTE] ASL vs. GPL page: is this okay? > > > > > > Are you referring to the noun or the verb? > > > > http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=licence*1+0 > > > > In short, "licence" is the noun, "license" is the verb. > > > > Geez, these Americans think they speak English... ;-) ;-) > > > > -- > > Martin Cooper > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ted Husted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Jakarta General List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 4:22 AM > > Subject: Re: [VOTE] ASL vs. GPL page: is this okay? > > > > > > > http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=license > > > > > > http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=licence > > > > > > > > > alex wrote: > > > > > > > > At 09:16 07/03/02, Danny Angus wrote: > > > > > > It is spelled licence. ;-) > > > > > > > > Wow - we managed to correct Jon on a technical point! > > (Just kidding > > Jon - > > > > no offence) > > > > > > > > licenSe is what Apache Software Foundation does - ie the act of > > licensing. > > > > licenCe is the document or permit given - eg the file itself. > > > > > > > > Since this is all about the document then "licenCe" is the correct > > spelling > > > > (ignoring Case that is). > > > > > > > > Personally I feel the existing web page which Jon > > reminded us of was > > quite > > > > good and if there is anything important missing then that > > is the page > > which > > > > should be improved. > > > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
