well this is way off topic but At 3:04 PM -0500 6/3/02, Forrest J. Cavalier III wrote: >I wrote: > >> Here is the response I would give you about OSI approval >> for your license. >> >> "Your request will be rejected" is your request will be rejected. >>
nice try but quines make sense. your response makes no sense. (and for what it's worth "makes no sense on its own," makes no sense on its own.) > >I thought of another appropriate response... > "We will refuse when you ask" is we will refuse when you ask. also pretty weak (is also pretty weak) >And another... > "We won't reject until you ask" is we won't reject until you ask. hey look the way you seem to define a quine you just quote a phrase, follow it with 'is' and then repeat the phrase. hardly cricket. shouldn't a english language quine be constructed using proper english? >(I don't speak for the OSI board, of course.) of course not, but how am I to know that. you sure sound like you speak with some authority on this list. >You've had your fun. Now move along. hmmm... I bet you just wished you could pat me on the head as you said that. cheers dave -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
