From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: nferrier@gnu.org Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [OT] Whether those with gnu.org addresses in any way represent FSF Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:58:11 +0100 Message-ID: <87lkrz28t8.fsf@nicferrier.tapsellferrier.co.uk> 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> <87mzcfq5t0.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <4B81F56F-5E38-4CC4-B925-A5D95379EB90@alastairs-place.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150290207 16301 80.91.229.2 (14 Jun 2006 13:03:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:03:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 14 15:03:25 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 1FqV1k-0002ZA-EH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:03:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqV1k-0004B8-1X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:03:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FqV1W-0004Am-78 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:03:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FqV1T-0004AM-In for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:03:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqV1T-0004AJ-6w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:03:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [81.187.188.218] (helo=owls-house.tapsellferrier.co.uk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FqVAa-0005Ez-Pw; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:12:29 -0400 Original-Received: from nicferrier.tapsellferrier.co.uk ([172.31.50.1]) by owls-house.tapsellferrier.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.60 #1 (Debian)) id 1FqUyR-0002vF-Fs; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:59:55 +0100 Original-Received: from nferrier by nicferrier.tapsellferrier.co.uk with local (Exim 4.50) id 1FqUwl-0004Ll-IK; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:58:11 +0100 Original-To: Alastair Houghton In-Reply-To: <4B81F56F-5E38-4CC4-B925-A5D95379EB90@alastairs-place.net> (Alastair Houghton's message of "Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:33:30 +0100") 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:55889 Archived-At: Alastair Houghton writes: > On 14 Jun 2006, at 13:29, Miles Bader wrote: > >> 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. > > OK, but there aren't lots of silly people with gnu.org addresses. > Very few, if any, I suspect. I am extreemly silly. -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell ferrier needs