-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:15:58 +0200 Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > The Firefox naming thing is entirely due to Mozilla's zealotry > > about their trademark. > > > > Correct. > > > > Go hang around the FSF for a while if you want to see some _real_ > > zealotry. > > > > I now understand that there are negative connotations with the word > "zealot". I did not mean it in a negative way at all. Mockery is > flattery, and it gives stage to the idea. I wouldn't want Debian to > change it's stance on the issue at all. > There are negative connotations for a good reason: http://www.yourdictionary.com/zealot zealot definition zealot (zel′ət) noun a person who is zealous, esp. to an extreme degree; fanatic among the ancient Jews, a member of a radical political and religious sect that openly resisted Roman rule in Palestine Etymology: LL(Ec) zelotes, one who is jealous < Gr zēlōtēs, zealous follower < zēloun, to be zealous < zēlos, zeal Related Forms: zealotry zeal′·otry noun - -- Frank -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLpmgVAAoJEMEDyLTvrVhjeZ4H/2Z/wYq8sgbZxnw9aSFU7tYu 2GX5RFeoVdGX7Cmmqo66VcFTuKwdesYSmXMo2SLoNrpH/gvVVZMAL9N0mXCraOPu 16yT2FIsn14orReMHESepVvzOVAz8LaFtkkchAughJ5M+RYu8T/tqd9aIvWdA6rp 0Fc0dSM6woo1oEwaS4yWsrYJpxdiLQETJ3smh3HlSBaeLCRGdP0bPQm0jCavH4eI G1GcGjQnxqoYj1lqUvfSQvnf+vM+KR7/GoiaJXoiVWOMeeoP7sh9UHdHMGpmt8Mb d7kBbh5T1zIZGvsrXTf62du3V4YbkuCNCQoJfoX/t4fb+ESKJTA54U8tQNTMkA8= =Ku6m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100321144021.a6b3460e.debianl...@videotron.ca
