Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!AI.MIT.EDU!rms From: rms@AI.MIT.EDU Newsgroups: gnu.gcc Subject: Two separate issues Message-ID: <8906072218.AA00503@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu> Date: 7 Jun 89 22:18:13 GMT References: Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 24 First of all, you cut me off in mid stream, taking me out of context and then posted a reply to a large group of people. I used your message only to illustrate why I had spoken unclearly, not to criticize you. So I used only enough to illustrate the point. I was glad you had not raised this issue on the list, so I did not either. I also did not mention your name. I thought I had done enough to avoid giving you reason for offense. Now that you have raised it on the list, I decline to respond. I think that starting a discussion on yet another issue would be bad for all the people who joined the list to get announcements from the GNU project. It would also be bad for anyone who hopes to use GCC 1.36, since I will not have time to work on it. Besides, I have already published my arguments for why software should be free. They are already available to anyone who wants to see them. So it would be wasteful for me to post them. I refer interested readers to the GNU Manifesto. However, I caution the readers not to believe that my views are accurately described by the messages that my opponents will post. Some will portray my views accurately, but many will not.