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Date:      Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:07:03 +0100
From:      Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>, Greg Pavelcak <gpav@som.umass.edu>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Use/Utilize
Message-ID:  <20020410110703.A29767@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <3CB396B8.510C3CC6@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 06:34:48PM -0700
References:  <20020406171612.A17530@chiark.greenend.org.uk> <3CAF79CA.CB4D14B8@mindspring.com> <20020409032852.A30794@chiark.greenend.org.uk> <3CB26F97.A45B9ADF@mindspring.com> <20020409121348.A30147@chiark.greenend.org.uk> <3CB37330.2FE5A835@mindspring.com> <20020410015707.A13007@chiark.greenend.org.uk> <3CB396B8.510C3CC6@mindspring.com>

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On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 06:34:48PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Tony Finch wrote:
> > but the GPL doesn't use the word "use" in the context of the
> > preparation of derivative works; it only uses it as a synonym
> > for "run" (except outside the T&Cs).
> 
> Preamble.

The preamble is not part of the terms and conditions and so should
be ignored when considering what the licence means. There seems
little point in complaining about ambiguity in informal language.

Tony.

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