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Is anyone else bothered by the likelihood that the writer of this sentence doesn't believe it's true? The unauthorized display of our client's intellectual pro
by brlewis 9y ago
Is anyone else bothered by the likelihood that the writer of this sentence doesn't believe it's true?
The unauthorized display of our client's intellectual property is likely to cause consumers encountering this app to mistakenly believe that it emanates from, or is provided under a license from, Oracle.
- IAmEveryone 9y agoLet's not go overboard with the criticism. It's a standard phrase expressing a probability, because it's impossible to predict with absolute certainty. (I have my doubts regarding that probability, but that's a different matter)
- brlewis 9y agoYes, "likely" is expressing a probability. Substitute "unlikely" into their sentence and it would still be expressing a probability, except it would be a believable one. I stand by my original comment. There's nothing overboard about it, and nothing demanding absolute certainty.
- _bxg1 9y agoI wouldn't be surprised if that part of the process is automated. With a dictionary of words mapped to their trademark records, it would be easy to do a simple string search over an app's title and description and auto-generate this whole blurb.