Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!world!eff!rita From: rita@eff.org (Rita Marie Rouvalis) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: CPSR vs. EFF Message-ID: <1991Jun26.205413.16154@eff.org> Date: 26 Jun 91 20:54:13 GMT References: <1991Jun26.055853.26085@eecs.nwu.edu> <1991Jun26.093140.9140@eff.org> Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation Lines: 37 In article dpassage@soda.berkeley.edu (David G. Paschich) writes: >In article <1991Jun26.093140.9140@eff.org> mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin) writes: > In article <1991Jun26.055853.26085@eecs.nwu.edu> ptownson@eecs.nwu.edu (Patrick A. Townson) writes: > > >Not really ... I view EFF and CPSR like two peas in a pod ... > > > >If you like the one, you'll love the other, and vice-verse. > > It would be a mistake, although not Pat's worst, to equate EFF's > and CPSR's agendas. While there is overlap in the two organizations' > interests, particularly in the civil liberties arena, their interests > are not identical. > > We work together on the interests we share. Unlike Pat, who is > probably a bit hazy on what the two organizations stand for, I > have no trouble thinking of people who might favor one organization > but not the other. > >Is there anyone out there familiar with both groups who might want to >talk about the differences and similiarities between them, for those >of us not familiar with one or the other? You know that guy you just quoted -- Mike Godwin? He's EFF's staff counsel. I'd say he is pretty familiar with EFF's and CPSR's agendas. But what do I know? -- Rita Marie Rouvalis rita@eff.org Electronic Frontier Foundation | A man walked up to me and said,"I'd like to 155 Second Street | change your mind by banging it with a rock, Cambridge, MA 02141 617-864-0665 | he said, "though I am not unkind." TMBGs