On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Gustav Eek gustaveek@student.gu.se wrote:
Hi!
Hi!
The associations email service will be free as in free speech, but not as in free beer. Quite the opposite; we will be funded primarily by our membership fees. The association will be democratic and the e-mail service as transparent as possible. To guarantee this, we must be independent from any third parties.
"Quite the opposite" -> "In fact the opposite holds" "funded" -> "financed" "democratic and" -> "democratic, and"
In fact, what it the opposite of:
"free as in free speech, but not as in free beer" ?
It's a rather complex textual construct which translates logically to something like
Free speech & Not Free beer
for which the opposite would be
NOT (free speech & Not free beer)
which would be:
Not free speech OR Not Not free beer
wich would be
Unfree speech OR Free beer
which is not what the Association wants to offer I guess? ;-) (even though some like free beer, none like unfree speach, and you shouldn't have to choose between the two ;-)
I suggest leaving out the "opposite" part and start the next sentence as follows:
"We will be funded primarily by our membership fees."
Sorry for the rant, I couldn't help myself ;-)
Never mind the ramblings of hobby booleanisms above, I think the word "opposite" is not necessary for the sentence above to explain that we have a member fee ;-)
Rikard