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asg is: 25381-geller <asg@xyzzy.gamekeeper.bellcore.com>

[... rms informs us that the gnu.* mailing lists are not to be used ]
[    for discussion of proscribed products ...                      ]

asg> I find this a very disturbing remark from a man whose
asg> dedication to the free exchange of ideas and opinions I
asg> respect highly.

You must be new here.

asg> While mailing lists may be 'set up and run' by the FSF,
asg> newsgroups are not.  Newsgroups are maintained by the various
asg> organizations that have computers on the Internet, acting
asg> jointly and in voluntary cooperation.

The gnu.* hierarchy belongs to the FSF -- it is on the Usenet courtesy
of the FSF's mailing-list gateway.  It's not one of the Big Seven, you
see.  Otherwise, it would be comp.gnu.* and not gnu.*.

See the difference?

No?  Well, it doesn't matter, because you can post whatever you want
here or anywhere else -- you just have to accept a tongue-lashing from
RMS and sarcastic followups from people like myself.  It is important
to remember, however, that lots of people on the mailing list also
have to listen to you.  And many of them don't like Apple.

Look in the files to which RMS referred in order to find out why they
don't like Apple.  Maybe you will agree with them (and RMS).

Then again, maybe not.  You can always post on alt.civil-liberty,
alt.society.civil-liberty, or alt.society.civil-liberties -- they will
probably be sympathetic to tales of opression and wanton disregard for
freedom of speech.  But RMS doesn't read Usenet, so you'd better just
ring to your local chapter of the ACLU and try to get them interested
in suing him for violation of your right to Usenet.

asg> [... whining and examples of good net.citizens deleted ...]

asg> Apple, of course, doesn't try to censor the Internet this
asg> way.

That would be a cute trick!  Censoring the Internet.   Hmmmm.


Usenet != Internet != GNUsenet


As long as your "Newsgroups:" line contains any of the gnu.* groups,
you're on GNUsenet...

Followups re-directed to gnu.misc.discuss.



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