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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups
Subject: Re: Changes to Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies
Summary: Disturbing change to gnu.* charter...
Message-ID: <5202@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 22 Jul 89 23:27:52 GMT
References: <7429@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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>   operating system with freely redistributable source code.  The GNU
> ! Project is led by Richard Stallman.  Note that use of these groups to
> ! discuss topics considered contrary to GNU aims and political
> ! philosophy are considered off-limits (e.g., porting of GNU code to
> ! Apple machines, usefulness of intellectual property laws).

OK, everyone who didn't like sci.skeptic... have at it. This is rather
heavy-handed censorship. If Stallman wants a playpen, I think he should
use the existing mechanisms: i.e., moderation or mailing lists.

I realise that, strictly speaking, gnu.* is not part of UseNet. Still,
this is not a good thing.
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