Possible motto for the FSF Europe

Frank de Lange frank at unternet.org
Fri Dec 22 12:43:41 UTC 2000


On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 01:29:46PM +0100, Georg C. F. Greve wrote:
> Original:
> 
>     "Omnis enim res, quae dando non deficit, dum habetur 
>      et non datur, nondum habetur, quomodo habenda est."
> 
> English translation:
> 
>     "For if a thing is not diminished by being shared with others,
>      it is not rightly owned if it is only owned and not shared."
> 
> German translation:
> 
>     "Denn jede Sache, die durch Mitteilung an andere nicht verliert,
>      besitzt man nicht, wie man soll, solange man sie nur selber besitzt,
>      ohne sie wieder an andere weiterzugeben."
> 
> (from Sigisbert Mitterer, Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, Bd. 49, München 1925)

Totally agreed. See my .sig...

Cheers//Frank
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