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Re: "Social Contract" - final pass

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> On Jun 26, Dale Scheetz wrote
> > On 26 Jun 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote:
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> > > bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) writes:
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> > > > 5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards
> > > [...]
> > > > we support our users use of it, and we provide infrastructure (such as
> > >                  ^^^^^ users', not users
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> > The plural form is perfectly acceptable here. The sentance speaks to the
> > multiplicity of users, not their ownership of that usage.
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> No. It means "the use by/of our users" and therefore should be "users'
> use". Just put the sentence in the singular and you'll see that the plural
> form alone doesn't work: "we support our user use of [the program]". But
> "we support our user's use of [the program]" works.
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>   Christian
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Wouldn't it be better to rewrite the sentence to avoid the ambiguity
in the first place?  Something like:

We will support our users when they use non-free software and will...

 -Erik

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