On Sun, 5 Dec 2010, Maarten Vanraes wrote:
the english language is pretty rich; and i suspect there are quite a few words
that could convey the correct meaning without the word being too difficult.
otoh, there is also the fact that "free" or "core" don't really convey the
correct meaning at all either and could be quite dubious.
patented would be more correct, but i don't wanna call it that, because then
mageia would be sued by patent-lawyers all over the world. don't get me wrong,
it wouldn't be illegal, but it would just be too timeconsuming...
imho, we should have a simple not too difficult word that somehow shows a bit
about the nature of the contents in it, while still being vague enough.
Okay, short words: iffy, chancy, dicey, knotty, clouded, foggy, hazy, unclear,
contro (for controversial),
prob (for problematic), equiv (for equivocal), irreg (for irregular). I like
iffy best. It's short, it's
informal, its meaning is clear, yet it's not too narrow.
Dale Huckeby
