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From: ccplumb@rose.waterloo.edu (Colin Plumb)
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Subject: Re: Purpose of GNU lists
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Date: 16 Oct 89 17:02:15 GMT
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> rms@AI.MIT.EDU writes:
>> Since they are the FSF's mailing lists, the FSF can use them any way it likes

rubinoff@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Robert Rubinoff) writes:
>Evidently, Stallman is opposed to proprietary software, but is fully in favor
>of proprietary mailing lists.  Interesting.

*sigh*.  Well, you can always take RMS's approach to opposition and build
your own mailing list.  It's not even a great investment of effort, unlike
all the stuff the FSF has been rewriting.

There are valid arguments against RMS posting his politics to non-.discuss
groups, like the fact that it starts pointless discussions (like this one),
and undermines the FSF's own rules about the place of politics, but please 
put a little more thought into criticisms.

And as I've said before, RMS has done enough good for the world that I'm
willing to forgive him a great many niggling points before I start bugging
him and interrupt the flow of great hacks.
-- 
	-Colin