From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [OT] Whether those with gnu.org addresses in any way represent FSF Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:29:15 +0900 Message-ID: <87mzcfq5t0.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <2E2BAEFF-FEAD-4616-87CD-3B77D2734256@alastairs-place.net> <19321565-3F93-4299-996F-8A2081C462AF@alastairs-place.net> <85bqsyfrhb.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <853beaf0c4.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <6C1D0482-9501-47E5-A79E-C40EF7B349A8@alastairs-place.net> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150288284 9212 80.91.229.2 (14 Jun 2006 12:31:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:31:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 14 14:31:21 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqUWg-0005PM-KL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:31:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqUWg-0003Ej-0k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:31:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FqUUy-0001h9-FC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:29:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FqUUx-0001fY-0O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:29:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqUUw-0001fG-IT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:29:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [203.216.5.72] (helo=smtp02.dentaku.gol.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FqUe5-0001qY-Tq; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:38:54 -0400 Original-Received: from 203-216-98-193.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.98.193] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1FqUUr-0000YB-NB; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:29:21 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 97E2B2F56; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:29:15 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Alastair Houghton System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Alastair Houghton's message of "Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:18:34 +0100") Original-Lines: 19 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:55887 Archived-At: Alastair Houghton writes: >> 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. "Reflects on", sure, but rather weakly. Nobody's going to lose much sleep if a Harvard student flames somebody on a mailing list somewhere, and it won't have much effect on Harvard's reputation, because it's generally understood that there are lots of silly people at universities, and that no attempt is made to control their behavior. -Miles -- "Nah, there's no bigger atheist than me. Well, I take that back. I'm a cancer screening away from going agnostic and a biopsy away from full-fledged Christian." [Adam Carolla]