On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 12:27:06AM +0100, phil hunt wrote:
On Wednesday 15 May 2002 7:21 pm, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 05:00:47PM +0100, phil hunt wrote:
Personally, I think "freedom software" would be a good term, since it loses the ambiguity ...
.... and gramatical correctness.
On the contrary, "freedom software" *is* grammatically correct, even if it is a bit odd-sounding. The grammar-rule in question is something like:
noun_expression : modifier noun
modifier : adjective | noun
IOW, an ordinary noun can be used as a modifier.
You can tell whether a modifier is an adjective by seeing if it can be used after "be". Examples:
"the red car" > "the car is red"
Therefore "red" is an adjective
"the image conversion" > *"the conversion is image"
Therefore "image" is a noun
Your grammar is flawed, as it: * allows many ungrammatical contructions * has one rule for different relations
Relation in 'image conversion' is: image conversion ::= conversion that-acts-on image
Relation in 'red car' is: red car ::= car is red
So in 'freedom software' it will be: freedom software ::= software that-acts-on freedom
What makes no sense.
You can use some nouns as adjectives, for example noun 'computer' can be used in some contexts as adjective 'computer' (computer program), but word 'freedom' can't because it's adjective form is 'free'. That's why the proper form is 'free software' not 'freedom software'.