[Zope3-dev] a note on groups and roles

[Shane Hathaway]

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Steve Alexander wrote:

> 
> > I'm not sure what you mean here. Roles should be assigned to groups just like
> > to any other principal like a user,
> 
> A group is a kind of principal? I find that odd.

AFAIK, we are using principal to mean "user or group".  Principal is like
a base class.

Maybe the word "role" isn't appropriate in the context of a group.  Maybe
we need a better word for "role".  Maybe "rights" would be a better word.

Shane