From: "Womick, Don" Date: 2003-07-12T02:50:46+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT] Humans and dictionaries (was Re: My brief and torrid aff airwith Ruby.) This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C347D4.F216DF90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Well, I've always been inclined to make a fool of myself by taking jokes seriously. Looks like I just did it again :) (sorry for repeating myself, Lyle... I replied to the copy in my inbox first.) -----Original Message----- From: Womick, Don [mailto:don.womick@cingular.com] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 11:10 AM To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org Subject: Re: [OT] Humans and dictionaries (was Re: My brief and torrid aff airwith Ruby.) I don't know... "pro-choice" carries even more baggage than "viral", especially in the good old U.S. of A. (and especially in the southeastern part, where I've just discovered both Lyle and I live :) -----Original Message----- From: Lyle Johnson [ mailto:lyle@users.sourceforge.net ] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 10:35 AM To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org Subject: Re: [OT] Humans and dictionaries (was Re: My brief and torrid affairwith Ruby.) Sean O'Dell wrote: > You know, I actually recognized that the emotional charge behind the word > "viral" might be why its application to the GPL was being so hard-fought > against, but thought that perhaps the truth behind such a term might shine > through and we could use it to describe what we know about the GPL. I'm > thinking now that maybe we ought to have another word to describe it; one > less predictably antagonistic. > > How about we start calling it "socialist licensing" instead? "Pro-choice licensing" might also be a term that people could really get united around, especially here in the southeastern United States where I live. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. And now, a disclaimer for the humor-impaired. I am being sarcastic. I am fairly sure that Sean was also being sarcastic. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C347D4.F216DF90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" RE: [OT] Humans and dictionaries (was Re: My brief and torrid affairwith Ruby.)

Well, I've always been inclined to make a fool of myself by taking jokes seriously. Looks like I just did it again :)

(sorry for repeating myself, Lyle... I replied to the copy in my inbox first.)
-----Original Message-----
From: Womick, Don [mailto:don.womick@cingular.com]
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 11:10 AM
To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Humans and dictionaries (was Re: My brief and torrid aff airwith Ruby.)

I don't know... "pro-choice" carries even more baggage than "viral", especially in the good old U.S. of A. (and especially in the southeastern part, where I've just discovered both Lyle and I live :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Lyle Johnson [mailto:lyle@users.sourceforge.net]
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 10:35 AM
To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Humans and dictionaries (was Re: My brief and torrid
affairwith Ruby.)


Sean O'Dell wrote:

> You know, I actually recognized that the emotional charge behind the word
> "viral" might be why its application to the GPL was being so hard-fought
> against, but thought that perhaps the truth behind such a term might shine
> through and we could use it to describe what we know about the GPL.  I'm
> thinking now that maybe we ought to have another word to describe it; one
> less predictably antagonistic.
>
> How about we start calling it "socialist licensing" instead?

"Pro-choice licensing" might also be a term that people could really get
  united around, especially here in the southeastern United States where
I live.

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And now, a disclaimer for the humor-impaired.

I am being sarcastic. I am fairly sure that Sean was also being sarcastic.

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