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From: nall@cs.utk.edu (John Nall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Nomenclature
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Date: 2 Apr 91 16:54:37 GMT
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In article <9524@star.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes:
>In article <71FA.8@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>>
>>	Part 1: should there be a non-moderated sources group as a
>>	companion to the existing comp.os.minix?
>>
>>	Part 2: The name of this group should be:
>
>Is it legal to to vote No on 1 and still vote on 2?  Is this ethical?
>I'm going to vote no on the split, but if everyone else wants it, I am
>inclined to put my two cents in on the name and vote for comp.os.minix.code
>with .software as second choice.
>
>
>Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)

I certainly hope it is both legal and ethical, since that is what I
am going to do.

It is to be interpreted as "I vote against splitting the group into
  pieces, but if I am outvoted and it is split anyway, then I vote
  for the name blah, blah, with second choice bleah, bleah".

John Nall