From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: MAINTAINERS file Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:37:13 -0500 Message-ID: References: <18375.18663.981150.252393@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87od9wt19m.fsf@elegiac.orebokech.com> <87tzjnvjhc.fsf@red-bean.com> <87zlte3848.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <877igipc17.fsf@jbms.ath.cx> <85abldy050.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204861107 26590 80.91.229.12 (7 Mar 2008 03:38:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 03:38:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, ttn@gnuvola.org, jeremy@jeremyms.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 07 04:38:52 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JXTQ2-0003U4-9b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:38:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JXTPU-0002v4-PO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:38:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JXTOW-0002Uq-5t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:37:16 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JXTOU-0002U4-Sp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:37:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JXTOU-0002Tw-Ef for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:37:14 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JXTOU-0000Ox-6H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:37:14 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JXTOT-0001FK-Lp; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:37:13 -0500 In-reply-to: <85abldy050.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:45:47 +0100) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:91587 Archived-At: I certainly consider the "GNU/Linux" naming issue a public relations disaster for the FSF. But it can't be denied that its primary goal, rising awareness towards the GNU project (though not necessarily sympathy) is being served by it. Anyone who criticizes the GNU Project for asking people to say "GNU/Linux" was not likely to become a supporter anyway. At best he might have been neutral. We are far better off with one strong supporter plus one person that hates us because of false beliefs than with two people who don't think we have done anything important.