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[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

+ Dale Huckeby + spock at evansville.net +
+ Mon Dec 6 00:39:08 CET 2010 +

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On Sun, 5 Dec 2010, Maarten Vanraes wrote:
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+> the english language is pretty rich; and i suspect there are quite a few words
+> that could convey the correct meaning without the word being too difficult.
+>
+> otoh, there is also the fact that "free" or "core" don't really convey the
+> correct meaning at all either and could be quite dubious.
+>
+> patented would be more correct, but i don't wanna call it that, because then
+> mageia would be sued by patent-lawyers all over the world. don't get me wrong,
+> it wouldn't be illegal, but it would just be too timeconsuming...
+>
+> imho, we should have a simple not too difficult word that somehow shows a bit
+> about the nature of the contents in it, while still being vague enough.
+
+Okay, short words: iffy, chancy, dicey, knotty, clouded, foggy, hazy, unclear, contro (for controversial),
+prob (for problematic), equiv (for equivocal), irreg (for irregular). I like iffy best. It's short, it's
+informal, its meaning is clear, yet it's not too narrow.
+
+Dale Huckeby
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