[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)

[Alastair Houghton <alastair@alastairs-place.net>]

On 14 Jun 2006, at 06:11, Miles Bader wrote:

> Alastair Houghton <alastair@alastairs-place.net> writes:
>> What I expect is that people with gnu.org addresses (who represent  
>> the
>> FSF, right?)
>
> Not really, no.
>
> You seem to be thinking of GNU as some sort of business -- businesses
> often maintain fairly close control over who has access to their  
> systems
> and 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.

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