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Re: Parts license
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Date: 
Thu, 21 Sep 2000 13:38:18 GMT
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"Steve Bliss" <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:G15Fuo.IHw@lugnet.com...

1) Sorry for misusing 'their' and 'they' as third-person, non-gendered
singular, but I like it better than 'his or her', 'his/her' or 'his/er'.

Then just use the standard English word for non-gendered (or actually
gender inclusive) singular possessive, which happens to be "his."

-John Van



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: Parts license
 
(...) You know that, and I know that, but some people have a different view... Another approach is to avoid third-person, non-gendered, singular pronouns entirely. Steve (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: Parts license
 
(...) I'm not sure this is practical. It also may not be enforceable. Someone may 'modify' the library in a way that ldraw.org can't use. For example, they may do a mechanical conversion of the files to a binary format, perhaps in a single file. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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