From: Massimiliano Mirra - bard Date: 2003-07-12T11:39:27+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT] Humans and dictionaries "Sean O'Dell" writes: >> If you're wondering what the hell I mean, walk to a friend of yours >> tomorrow which looks particularly happy and tell him ``You're gay''. > 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? Oh, feel free of course to call licenses (and friends) in whatever ways seem most appropriate to you and can generate comparably interesting and constructive discussions. I'm not really entitled to give an opinion as in the meantime I'll probably be elsewhere coding.