Pete, You made a couple of points in your latest posting, I admit that. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe there is no right or wrong here. It doesn't matter. Please let us bring this discussion to an end. After all, it's not very important, is it? ;) / Gunnar SandridgeFarm@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 11/14/00 6:16:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, > mailbox@gunnar.cc writes: > > << For these reasons, in my opinion, the terms "official" and "unofficial" > aren't adequate. And since I don't see any need to make any similar > distinction, I have no better choices of words to suggest. >> > > Yes, these terms do make one think of mindless bureaucrats and endless miles > of red tape, and thus may not be appropriate for an "Open Source" Project, > but you need to have some form of designation so as to avoid confusion?? > > The Ringlink Program for example has a very "Official" GNU General Public > License Agreement!?! > > I've also noticed that in the past you have suggested to others who have > setup say a Ringlink Y!Club or a Ringlink eGroups Forum that there was no > need for them to do so, because this [ringlistlist] already existed, and as > you saw it there was no need for any further duplication, which in your > opinion would only cause confusion. > Are you not then saying that you want this [ringlinklist] Forum to be > recognized or acknowledged as being the "Primary/Official" resource within > the scope of the Ringlink Project? > > Maybe "Primary" and "Secondary" would be the more appropriate words? > > Or maybe we could just use the Swedish word for Official, which would > probably sound rather official even though we wouldn't know what it meant!?! > It would certainly be rather nifty to be able to say my Ring is the ???? > Host's WebRing! :o) > So, what are the Swedish words for official and unofficial??