Re: Software definition, was: A possible GFDL compromise

2003-09-15 Thread Brian T. Sniffen
Mathieu Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's pretty clear. You may claim that the Academie Française 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 Française. But

Re: Software definition, was: A possible GFDL compromise

2003-09-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 10:13:31AM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote: > I do not need dicofr to define the word Logiciel. > But anyway, the following is the definition of the Academie Française: > 1)*LOGICIEL n. m. XXe siècle. Dérivé de logique. > > INFORM. Ensemble structuré de programme

Re: Software definition, was: A possible GFDL compromise

2003-09-15 Thread Keith Stephen Dunwoody
On 15 Sep 2003, Mathieu Roy wrote: > Keith Stephen Dunwoody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapot? : > > > 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 al

Re: Software definition, was: A possible GFDL compromise

2003-09-15 Thread Mathieu Roy
Keith Stephen Dunwoody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > On 15 Sep 2003, Mathieu Roy wrote: > > > MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > > > > > 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 > >

Re: Software definition, was: A possible GFDL compromise

2003-09-15 Thread MJ Ray
On 2003-09-15 09:13:31 +0100 Mathieu Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's pretty clear. You may claim that the Academie Française and all > the French people use a corrupted definition of Logiciel (it's not > that the etymology would says). [...] It's amusing that the definition of the AF disagr

Re: Software definition, was: A possible GFDL compromise

2003-09-15 Thread Keith Stephen Dunwoody
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

Re: Software definition, was: A possible GFDL compromise

2003-09-15 Thread Mathieu Roy
MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > 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