On Saturday 01 September 2007 17:49, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: >On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 04:40:53PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: >> > Most dictionaries I had at my hand define alternative as choices. >> > You can get http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alternative >> >> Wow. Let's all go practice law with a dictionary. > >? But you mentioned dictionaries first...
You do realize that when it comes to legal documents, such as licenses, that general-purpose dictionaries are inadequate, right? If you want to look up legal terms, you need a law dictionary. I think that if one is ignorant enough of law that one needs to consult a legal dictionary for more than one or two terms in order to understand a document, then perhaps it would be best to either do a lot of studying to become more knowledgeable, or find someone with more legal training to interpret the document. As a layperson with little in-depth knowledge of legal code, that's how i see things anyway. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Ramaley Dial Center 118, Drake University Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave +1 515 271-4540 Des Moines IA 50311 USA
