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And in +</I>>>>>><i> reality the existence of a patent doesn't necessarily mean it's +</I>>>>>><i> enforceable in a court of law (the only way we'd know for sure is if +</I>>>>>><i> someone actually does try to sue)... my 0.02€ worth :) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Generally only potentially "illegal" in some countries. +</I>>><i> "Tainted" means contaminated, polluted. A lot stronger than +</I>>><i> potentially "illegal". (Really only actionable in a civil sense, not +</I>>><i> criminally illegal, as well.) +</I>>><i> A package could end up there due to an apparently credible rumour, +</I>>><i> later discredited. (Anyone remember SCO ?) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I agree. Problematic comes closer to "potentially illegal", so I looked +</I>><i> up some synonyms: ambiguous, debatable, dubious, +</I>><i> iffy, suspect, speculative, precarious, suspicious, uncertain, +</I>><i> unsettled, in addition to problematic itself. Personally +</I>><i> I like iffy, which is both short and to the point, but I think several +</I>><i> of these would do. WDYT? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Dale Huckeby +</I>><i> +</I>A much better set of choices. +(Thanks for looking these up. Good idea.) + +Let's remember that the question for these packages is not the quality +of their functioning - but rather the advisability to use them, for +other reasons, in some countries. +So I think that it is better to avoid words that could question the +QUALITY of the packages. + +Words in the list like + ambiguous, debatable, problematic, and speculative +avoid questioning the quality ... but could be too long or too formal. +Or just not catchy enough ;) +("Iffy" might be ok - certainly catchy enough.) + +Additional words I found in Roget's thesaurus, along the same lines : + +Associated more with debatable : +arguable, contestable, controvertible, disputable, questionable, + +Associated more with controversial : +confutable, deniable, mistakable, moot + +Of these additional words, I think that "contestable", "disputable", and +"controversial" are probably closest to the SENSE of the repositories. +But maybe too formal ? + +Many of these words could be good choices. +And maybe someone will come up with some more ? + +my 2 cents :) + +- André +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001600.html">[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001597.html">[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1603">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1603">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1603">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1603">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |