Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 17 Oct 2000 07:56:47 +0100 (BST) | From | David Woodhouse <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] GPL licence corrections |
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On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> Actually I just looked through my command history and found the > exact command I used: > > grep -ir "licence" * > ../license-grep-2.4 > > Talk about not being able to decide how to spell something! > Heheh. I normally spell it "license", however I don't know what > got into my mind to spell it two ways.
'Licence' is a British noun. 'License' is a British verb. I believe Americans use the latter for both contexts, and the GPL was written in America, making 'license' 'correct'.
'Practi[cs]e' is similar.
-- dwmw2
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