On Sun, 5 Dec 2010 17:39:08 -0600 (CST), Dale Huckeby <sp...@evansville.net> wrote: > 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
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