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* Stefano Maffulli wrote, On 19/07/06 18:22:
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Sean Daly suggested:
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<pre wrap="">"open unencumbered standard"
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and Sam Liddicott added an 'and' to it. That is a fine term, too. But
like non-discriminatory it carries a negation in front. In any case I
couldn't find a simple translation in Italian and gave up on this too.
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Unencumbered has specific meaning, strongly suggesting (in english)
that there are no restrictions or controls on use.<br>
Other words might be emancipated, unrestricted,harmonious, cordial <br>
I agree the "un" is technically a negation but in english it
unencumbered and unrestricted read as positive things.<br>
Sorry I can't help with the Italian. Maybe you could ask a legal person
for the equivalent of "without entailment" in Italian?<br>
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<pre wrap="">and I stop here. I like this: fair is a good term. Like in "fair trade"
or "fair play" it carries a positive meaning, non discrimination is
included. IMHO we have a clear winner here. What do you think?
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"fair standard" sounds like it means the same thing as "RAND", because
fair=reasonable. and fair=non-discriminatory.<br>
I worry that it therefore fails to even raise controversy because
people would think they know what it means when they don't.<br>
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Otherwise I like the "open free standard" or "open and free standard." <br>
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I think we like "open" because we know what open is supposed to mean,
but as acknowledged it often doesn't, the "and-free" works to
distinguish it from the wrong sort of openness.<br>
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and the "free" could be cash:free or GNU:free and means the same thing
in its context here, so that lack of confusion would be a benefit.<br>
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Sam<br>
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