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Wouldn't it be better in the last case to use a different term that's less likely to be misunderstood/misinterpreted, especially in technical contexts that lack
by Karunamon 6y ago
Wouldn't it be better in the last case to use a different term that's less likely to be misunderstood/misinterpreted, especially in technical contexts that lack much of the cultural baggage that would prevent such a solution offline?
So much miscommunication, wasted time, hurt feelings, etc could have been avoided if, say, GNU decided not to muddy the term "free".
- belorn 6y agoEverything could be avoided if the democrats did not muddly the term "freedom" and simply let the definition be the same as liberty. Through if we really want to find out whom to blame for ruining the word, it would be Thomas Hobbes and John Locke combined for not finding an agreement on the words definition.
- mumblemumble 6y agoBetter? Perhaps. Feasible? Not without first eliminating every trace of polysemy and connotation from the natural languages.