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[Anthony E. Greene]

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On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Dale Harris wrote:
>On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:18:34AM -0400, Anthony E. Greene elucidated:
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>> On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Marck D Pearlstone wrote:
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>> >Duh! The GPL world seems to have stolen the word "FREE" and given it a
>> >whole new meaning which puts a price on its head and corrupts the
>> >whole ethos. There is no monopoly on the word "free" and its meaning.
>> >There is only the dictionary definition.
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>> Have you actually looked up "free" in the dictionary?
>> 
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>So what... "gay" doesn't exactly mean the same thing as it did 40 years 
>ago, either.  Things change, words are co-opted, get over it, grow up,
>live.

Okay, so the hard copy dictionary I happen to have on hand is a little
old. Your assertion that the word has been co-opted or it's meaning
changed is not supported by the facts. Common usage like "it's a free
country", "free speech", "Is this seat free?", "free beer", "free fall",
and other similar uses seem to support my original argument; that the word
has multiple meanings in English. I doubt if the first President Bush was
talking about the price in dollars when he referred to the "Free
World". On the other hand, I'm sure that the local grocery store means the
monetary price when it offers "buy one, get one free" deals.

If you have any evidence that supports a single-definition argument,
please present it. Suggesting that I "grow up" does not constitute
evidence of a change in the meaning of "free". So please present such
evidence.

Alternatively, you could accept that you're wrong and take your own
advice: get over it.


Tony
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