On 15 Sep 2003, Mathieu Roy wrote: > MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapot? : > > > On 2003-09-15 07:40:04 +0100 Mathieu Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > - But it may also means that the only content that can be on a > > > Debian CD must be software under the definition that I > > > copied from two dictionnaries in the mail I just sent. [...] > > > > For one, I cannot understand where you get this requirement. > > > > Curiously, dicofr.com claims that "logiciel" was defined in 1967 by > > Philippe Renard as a direct replacement for the English meaning, as > > the intangible part of the computer, but then goes on to say it is now > > a synonym for program. My nearby copy of Larousse and > > francophonie.hachette-livre.fr only have the program meaning. Maybe > > French has become corrupted, similar to some English dictionaries? > > Someone with more resources > > > I do not need dicofr to define the word Logiciel. > > But anyway, the following is the definition of the Academie Fran?aise: > > > 1)*LOGICIEL n. m. XXe si?cle. D?riv? de logique. > > INFORM. Ensemble structur? de programmes remplissant une > fonction d?termin?e, permettant l'accomplissement d'une t?che > donn?e. Logiciel de traitement de texte, de dessin. Logiciel > ?ducatif, p?dagogique. Logiciel de simulation, de jeu. Le > logiciel d'exploitation d'un ordinateur. Il s'est substitu? ? > l'anglais Software, qui n'a plus ? ?tre employ?. > > > It's pretty clear. You may claim that the Academie Fran?aise and all > the French people use a corrupted definition of Logiciel (it's not > that the etymology would says). But the French language is made by the > French and by the Academie Fran?aise. >
I think you missed the point. I believe the point was that logiciel was originally intended as a replacement for "software", but now seems to be more of a replacement for "program". Hence not being a replacement for "Software" in the DFSG. L'Academie can say it is a replacement for software all they want, but if it doesn't mean the same thing, then it clearly isn't. -- Keith
