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From: | Keith Thompson |
Subject: | Re: GNU Free Database License |
Date: | Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:19:54 GMT |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
"Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org> writes: > 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. We know what they mean. I have already > explained this several times to you now. As demonstrated here by the universal agreement on what is or is not a "definition" or a "dictionary". -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst> San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst> We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.
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