Re: Re: A possible GFDL compromise: a proposal

2003-09-26 Thread Carl Witty
Software is not a controversial word in English (roughly inverse of hardware in one sense). Some people advocate a bizarre definition of it in order to further their agenda. If you're going to define common words just because someone objects to the normal meaning being used, you'll get some

Re: Re: A possible GFDL compromise: a proposal

2003-09-26 Thread MJ Ray
On 2003-09-24 23:12:06 +0100 Carl Witty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Software is a controversial word in English. Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes. -- Monty Python's Flying Circus. In an informal