From: ericzen (ericzen@ez-net.com)
Date: Mon Nov 11 2002 - 09:26:59 EST
On 2002.11.11 03:37 Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> Eric,
>
> http://smac.ucsd.edu/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=proprietary
>
> This is not the most adequate word. Could you please change it to:
>
> TIA, rui
>
>
Proprietarius is an adjunctive term: proprius, one's own, proprietario(us), one's exclusive own. GPL doesn't cover post-format (product of a GPL product), as a result, the format used can accurately account as copyright (unless the dtd is marked gpl, then it's copyleft, which still maintains right of source/creator). Whether or not "proprietary" is accurate has already spent years in debate (from gimp and xdisplay/display LISP(image magick). Proprietary is the correct term, despite the Jargon file's (or your own) connotative definition. If GNUists can concur that "proprietary" is the correct term, I wouldn't have thought it to be that much of a problem. However, as these are the third and fourth remarks on the subject, I will include a footnote.
I may have been tired, but I didn't swap my lexicon for magic beans,
-Zen
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