Thus Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake on Tue, 4 Sep 2007 18:38:09 +0100:
> On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 11:37:00AM -0500, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote: > > 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. > > I think that if *alternative* means both at the same time in any > reputable dictionary (legal or not), Show those. Besides this, it is WRONG. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alternative Hence the meaning of ALTERNATIVE: NOT all at the same time. Maybe you need a Heisenberg experience to understand? > then I'm on a parallel reality > for sure. Obviously, yes. > Other than that, you're just being pretentious. Please, let this thread die. Timo
