From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: yow.c Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:03:29 +0200 Message-ID: <85ac883uge.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <87irn51bjs.fsf@jurta.org> <87zmgf6umy.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> <86lkrzne2o.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <87psh8hpu5.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> <87hd2hrqta.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> <86psh482z2.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150805206 32376 80.91.229.2 (20 Jun 2006 12:06:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:06:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 20 14:06:44 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 1Fsf0B-0004z7-Qc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:06:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fsf0B-0004fC-6k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:06:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fsexi-00030A-EE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:04:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fsexg-0002zK-Ca for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:04:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fsexg-0002zD-60 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:04:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Fsf8C-0002q5-7t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:14:56 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Fsexf-00056L-8Y; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:04:03 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id DAD381C46143; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:03:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) In-Reply-To: <86psh482z2.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> (Randal L. Schwartz's message of "20 Jun 2006 04:45:53 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:56031 Archived-At: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes: >>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Stallman writes: > > Richard> How many lines can someone add before papers would need > Richard> to be signed? We can surely accept 5 from any person. > > here's my second contribution... > > If it weren't for LAWYERS, we wouldn't NEED THEM! I have to agree with Miles. The proposals I have seen so far are quite substandard. I don't consider it likely we could manage to come up with a process that would yield a significant quota of worthwhile contributions without causing people to get miffed in the process. While I thought producing substitute Zippyisms a good idea at first, it does not seem like it could be done just like that. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum