The word that is "Proprietary"

[David Johnson]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Tom Hull wrote:

> As for the word 'proprietary', it's hard to think of a better term.
> PP can only be based on proprietary rights; !PP may technically be
> someone's property, but that someone has chosen to forego various
> options that only property holders have, and as such may be viewed
> as significantly less proprietary than PP.

PP owners may not give out as many permissions as !PP owners, but that
does not make !PP software any more or less proprietary. As long as a
software author can sue me for violating the license, I will consider it
proprietary. It is never a good idea to twist the English language to
fit your political or social goals.

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David Johnson...
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