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Re: A GNU “social contract”?
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: A GNU “social contract”? |
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Sun, 10 Nov 2019 17:40:45 +0100 |
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Hello,
"Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss)" <936-846-2769@kylheku.com> skribis:
> By the way, "contract" seems like a misnomer, because a contract is
> a signed-off agreement between two parties (or more) in which they
> exchange something of value; the contract requires a contribution
> from at least two parties.
I found Andreas’ explanation of what is meant by “social contract” and
how it differs from a civil law contract to be clear. Anyhow, note that
the term is not new and its meaning in English should be unambiguous:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract
>From WordNet:
Overview of noun social_contract
The noun social contract has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) social contract -- (an implicit agreement among people that
results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty
in return for protection)
> A statement of promises to behave in some ways toward some
> group (such as a "community"), who makes no reciprocal promises and
> isn't a party to the document is rather a "pledge", or
> "solemn promise" or such.
“Pledge” is also a good word, though my understanding is that it does
not capture the social commitment that “social contract” entails.
Thanks,
Ludo’.
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, (continued)
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- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Andreas Enge, 2019/11/06
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2019/11/06
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Andreas Enge, 2019/11/07
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss), 2019/11/07
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Dmitry Alexandrov, 2019/11/07
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?,
Ludovic Courtès <=
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss), 2019/11/10
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2019/11/07
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Andreas Enge, 2019/11/07
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Andreas R., 2019/11/07
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2019/11/09
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Brandon Invergo, 2019/11/08
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Thompson, David, 2019/11/08
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Alexandre François Garreau, 2019/11/08
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2019/11/09
- Re: A GNU “social contract”?, Andreas Enge, 2019/11/09