-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 05/03/2014 07:45 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Holger Levsen <hol...@layer-acht.org> writes: > >> Hi Ben, >>> My understanding of the FTP team's operating policy for what >>> constitutes source for a work is: the preferred form of the work >>> for making modifications to it. >>> >>> Is that what you meant? >> >> care to explain the difference? > > We're not interested in what form a *modification* takes (if it even > makes sense to talk about a “form of modification”, which doesn't > seem coherent in the context). We're interested in what form of the > *work* is the source form. I've always reflexively translated "preferred form of modification" into "preferred form for modification", which simply elides the noun from the long-form phrase, while - unlike the "of" version - retaining the same meaning. If a short-form version of the phrase is wanted, I suspect using "for" instead of "of" might work considerably better. - -- The Wanderer Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny. A government exists to serve its citizens, not to control them. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJTZNjzAAoJEASpNY00KDJrUN0P/im3fXPLH8+IJDOxLHgeerwE ySZIaFkYMtxpBSIp9vwhm/0WglkUmxNx3c2Qcrc4THbSmNnmESYlcFYZl38s589W T7WuJgbLWMcWkr0fnFn+Jz3cs67beNwqKbFIWfap2QIcVJeVRwqS64WNBnVp+WnB ehiEzxa6d842Nz+oq3h6W+WwVC4c01f2Uo/joJ6S2/vH3jsscfq4rdqCPAyNQ+xE 0EMa6/pkaMqKDpkamt23VY6p+Lh2InfNL+1XYv0oyJbZvoUjGov9i5bv46YThYLR FCNM9v80NEdQ0+0Br7uK6wglrsK4gZnXg37dnDdMWrAVOAX9QJxy6Nfu3GjisBbc L3YyHUVeddP0rYnh2Ct+UotT0SXJ5JDrXJioSi8PL3J9GdB/EqXPCpLyHz+A6g9B 0UCZCuiMnpHhCspWkkgoduBP9AU+45YZgnOrSP0G7jHhUamhkaOy1V9dQHe3GO/Z FAgknjRTefK60rduiMdyVEC54gBlAKO5peoxy9teEdXJB/tveSfrPAQiVwRQpNkg ApVZymYw0W8hHWpD6ok3WbG6GZZUbOW8WMf2ctEi/md1J5dNgWo5N4mkyg0YKAZ3 SHPyhCe2jMbYWe57QLg26LRFZiKEjxR0PE7s1hVs47sdVdLbZqB8cp9ZZ9DiGag7 IqXI3NS4NVQtQ+keXYpA =/Kxg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5364d8f3.7040...@fastmail.fm
