Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!bu.edu!snorkelwacker!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mstar!mstar.morningstar.com!bob From: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Newsgroups: gnu.config Subject: Re: The purpose of info-gcc. Message-ID: Date: 1 Mar 90 21:33:49 GMT References: <1990Feb28.174821.29332@talos.pm.com> <1990Feb28.213850.21895@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> <1169@prles2.prl.philips.nl> Sender: news@MorningStar.COM (USENET Administrator) Reply-To: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Distribution: gnu Organization: Morning Star Technologies Lines: 37 In-Reply-To: meulenbr@cstw68.prl.philips.nl's message of 1 Mar 90 09:04:37 GMT In article <1169@prles2.prl.philips.nl> meulenbr@cstw68.prl.philips.nl (Frans Meulenbroeks) writes: In article <1990Feb28.213850.21895@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> jk0@image.soe.clarkson.edu (Jason Coughlin) writes: RMS: We need a monthly posting explaining that this "newsgroup" is a mailing list gatewayed into news, and that since FSF runs the mailing list they control the group. That's just the way it is period! RMS probably wouldn't bother (he probably doesn't read gnu.config). Len or Karl would be likely sucker^H^H^H^H^H^Hcandidates for the job. IMHO the mailing lists are gatewayed into the net and back. No HO required, that's an accurate description of the state of things (when they work :-), except for gnu.config and gnu.test, which exist only as newsgroups for administration of the gnu.* hierarchy itself. However, what's on the net is not controlled by FSF. The gnu.* newsgroups are an alternate distribution mechanism for the GNU mailing lists, and subject to the same management decisions. Since usenet == anarchy, I might even create my own gnu.config. First off, gnu.* isn't part of the Usenet, and isn't governed by the same conventions. You're welcome to create your own newsgroup named gnu.something, but it would be inconvenient to need to keep explaining to people that it's not part of the gnu.* hierarchy. I'd suggest you pick a different name, just for convenience. I don't think a group can be owned by someone. It can if it's part of their organization's private mailing list. If it can it may be time for FUF (Free Usenet Foundation) :-) Usenet may not be free enough for you, perhaps you'd prefer to start your group in alt.*.