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Re: The name gnus-cloud.el
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: The name gnus-cloud.el |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Dec 2017 20:57:55 +0200 |
> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:47:50 -0500
>
> > But gnus-cloud doesn't do or mention cloud computing.
>
> The word "cloud", in the context of computing, can't help but stand
> for "cloud computing".
The context here is not of computing, the context is of naming files.
> That was surely the reason for choosing that word, because otherwise
> it would make no sense here.
The reason is immaterial, as long as it is really known only to the
person who invented the name.
> Why does the name gnus-cloud.el seem more appropriate than
> gnus-rain.el or gnus-snow.el?
They all are appropriate just the same.
> The point is to avoid supporting a line of thinking that we campaign
> against.
Naming a file something that has "cloud" in it doesn't mean supporting
that line of thinking in any way.
> It is better to risk looking ridiculous than to sheepishly follow the
> crowd and spread the ideas we criticize.
We don't follow the crowd in this regard, sheepishly or otherwise. We
just use "cloud" in a file name.
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