Joel Aelwyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > "You may not have any cookies right now". > > It's a reflexive negation rewording of "May I <x>" -> "You may not <x>". [snip]
Well, that's fine, but if I don't need your permission in order to have cookies, it's sort of irrelevant. Also, it doesn't actually require any action from me to achieve that state of not having your permission to have cookies and make your statement true. This is a head-strainer and I'm not surprised that anyone is unfamiliar with it. It's related to old jokes that my school teachers used to use: "Can I leave the room?" "Not without my permission." A bit twisted, maybe, but it teaches. As I wrote earlier, legal interpretation of this sort of phrase needs someone other than me and if anyone is worried, please go ask PHP Group about it (if PHP Group is bothering to accept email yet) and maybe get blanket "PHP for ..." approval. -- MJR/slef http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
