[free-sklyarov] Counter-Terminology

[James S. Huggins (Free Sklyarov)]

   >>>Crippled media" gets my vote. It's more
   >>>suggestive than the above two, and
   >>>most people who've ever looked for
   >>>shareware on the net will be familiar
   >>>with the term "crippleware".


Which raises an interesting question: who needs to understand the term.

When my little group did the brainstorming that led to the short list I
posted (use impaired, read restricted, etc.), the objective was to develop a
term that the "common man" might understand.

Are we attempting to find a term that technoids will understand? Or, are we
attempting to find a term that the general media will adopt as their
"standard" instead of the existing standard of "copy controlled"? If it is
#2, then the term must be one that the general media person can both relate
to and feel comfortable using.

What is the test for the "best" term?

I don't have an answer; I'm not even sure I'm asking the right questions.


James S. Huggins