CWG2872 Linkage and unclear "can be referred to"

Author: burblebee

source/basic.tex

@@ -2664,28 +2664,18 @@
 
 \pnum
 \indextext{translation unit}%
-A name is said to have \defn{linkage} when it can denote the same
-object, reference, function, type, template, namespace or value as a
-name introduced by a declaration in another scope:
-\begin{itemize}
-\item When a name has \defnadj{external}{linkage},
-the entity it denotes
-can be referred to by names from scopes of other translation units or
-from other scopes of the same translation unit.
-
-\item When a name has \defnx{module linkage}{linkage!module},
-the entity it denotes
-can be referred to by names from other scopes of the same module unit\iref{module.unit} or
-from scopes of other module units of that same module.
-
-\item When a name has \defnadj{internal}{linkage},
-the entity it denotes
-can be referred to by names from other scopes in the same translation
-unit.
-
-\item When a name has \indextext{linkage!no}\defn{no linkage}, the entity it denotes
-cannot be referred to by names from other scopes.
-\end{itemize}
+A name can have
+\defnadj{external}{linkage},
+\defnadj{module}{linkage},
+\defnadj{internal}{linkage}, or
+\defnadj{no}{linkage},
+as determined by the rules below.
+\begin{note}
+All declarations of an entity with a name with internal linkage
+appear in the same translation unit.
+All declarations of an entity with module linkage
+are attached to the same module.
+\end{note}
 
 \pnum
 \indextext{linkage!\idxcode{static} and}%