Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!agate!agate!dpassage From: dpassage@soda.berkeley.edu (David G. Paschich) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: CPSR vs. EFF Message-ID: Date: 27 Jun 91 00:50:22 GMT Article-I.D.: soda.DPASSAGE.91Jun26165022 References: <1991Jun26.055853.26085@eecs.nwu.edu> <1991Jun26.093140.9140@eff.org> <1991Jun26.205413.16154@eff.org> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator) Organization: UC Berkeley's Open Computing Facility Lines: 31 In-Reply-To: rita@eff.org's message of 26 Jun 91 20: 54:13 GMT In article <1991Jun26.205413.16154@eff.org> rita@eff.org (Rita Marie Rouvalis) 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? Well, then I suppose he wouldn't need an explanation. But I do. -- David G. Paschich Open Computing Facility UC Berkeley dpassage@ocf.berkeley.edu Go Colorado Rockies -- Opening Day, Mile High Stadium, April 1993