Re: GNU Free Database License

[Richard Tobin]

In article <mailman.7040.1158501355.9609.gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org>,
Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org> wrote:

>   The difference in creativity between giving a phone number and
>   giving a definition seems so obvious that I can't really understand
>   why you equate them.

>Because there is no creative thought process in giving meaning to
>words that already exist.

Again, this assertion seems completely bizarre.  If it were so, why
would we regard some dictionaries' definitions as better than others?
There is not a single, correct definition of any English word.  There
are many ways of describing what a word means, and coming up with a
good one is a creative process.

-- Richard