License question

[John Bingham]

I didn't know that British English had two spellings; I guess that could 
be true for others.  Or maybe (like for most of us) his default spelling 
checker is US English.  If he isn't in the UK, he shouldn't be 
downloading BBC programmes (or programs) anyway.


On 02/09/16 15:01, Chris Marriott wrote:
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: John Bingham
> Sent: Friday, September 2, 2016 2:18 PM
> To: artisticforge .
> Cc: get_iplayer
> Subject: Re: License question
>
>> I read the original post: "Beeb is asking if I have a license now, sigh".
>>
>> My first thought was that this prevented GiP, and hence my script,
>> from working, so I checked it out (on Linux) and didn't find a problem.
>>
>> I thus deduced that the concern was probably from someone who didn't
>> have a license.  Of course, I don't know this to be true and apologise
>> if my assumption was incorrect.
>
> The fact that the original poster used the American English spelling
> "license", rather than the British English "licence", suggests to me
> that he is not resident in the UK, and therefore does not actually
> require a licence.
>
> (In British English, "license" is a verb; "license" a noun. American
> English uses "license" for both.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
>
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