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From: | Alastair Houghton |
Subject: | [OT] Whether those with gnu.org addresses in any way represent FSF (was: Re: asm-mode patch to allow per-file comment character setting from file locals) |
Date: | Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:18:34 +0100 |
On 14 Jun 2006, at 06:11, Miles Bader wrote:
Alastair Houghton <address@hidden> writes:What I expect is that people with gnu.org addresses (who represent theFSF, right?)Not really, no. You seem to be thinking of GNU as some sort of business -- businessesoften maintain fairly close control over who has access to their systemsand for what purposes they use them, and usually try to present a unified public front. GNU is not like that. Rather maybe think of it like a FOO.edu address.
Actually, that's *exactly* how I think of it. The behaviour of a student with a FOO.edu address reflects on the institution of which they are a part, and it's in that sense that people with gnu.org addresses represent the FSF.
Kind regards, Alastair. -- http://www.alastairs-place.net
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