> On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 11:37:00AM -0500, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> > On Saturday 01 September 2007 17:49, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
> > >On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 04:40:53PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > >> > Most dictionaries I had at my hand define alternative as
> > >> > choices. You can get
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alternative
> > >>
> > >> Wow. Let's all go practice law with a dictionary.
> > >
> > >? But you mentioned dictionaries first...
> >
> > You do realize that when it comes to legal documents, such as
> > licenses, that general-purpose dictionaries are inadequate, right?
> > If you want to look up legal terms, you need a law dictionary.
> >
> > I think that if one is ignorant enough of law that one needs to
> > consult a legal dictionary for more than one or two terms in order
> > to understand a document, then perhaps it would be best to either
> > do a lot of studying to become more knowledgeable, or find someone
> > with more legal training to interpret the document. As a layperson
> > with little in-depth knowledge of legal code, that's how i see
> > things anyway.
>
> I think that if *alternative* means both at the same time in any
> reputable dictionary (legal or not),
