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   Re: [xml-dev] ISO turns evil?

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From: "Bob Foster" <bob@objfac.com>
> Double-plus-bad. Despite the efforts of the Ministry of Information,
"free"
> still retains the meaning "no charge", among several others that have
> nothing at all to do with permission to use, copy or distribute.

I have been advised that the correct newspeak is double-plus-ungood, I
probably meant the Ministry of Truth (or Minitrue) and I might want to read
Orwell again. Guilty on all counts.

But even as the gin-scented tears trickle down my nose, I recall the
immortal words of Kris Kristofferson: "Free is just another word for nothing
left to charge for." I'm pretty sure I remember that correctly. ;-}

Bob Foster





 

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