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Re: uunet as a contact for the LPF smacks of favoritism.

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From: Mike Stump
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 06:38
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In article <3grc9d$mkb@umd5.umd.edu>,
Peter Brewer <brewer@hamlet.umd.edu> wrote:

>AS I previously stated to this forum and to rms, the LPF/FSF should take
>the same 'tack' as the Consumer's Union and *not* allow any company to use
>the LPF/FSF/GNU name to lend credibility to their commercial products. 
>This seems counterproductive to the stated goals of the LPF and FSF. 

It may seem that way to you, but that doesn't seem to be the case to
me.

I don't quite follow what your suggesting here.  You think Cygnus
should be prohibited from stating facts like they are the maintainers
for certain packages?  Or else what?  They be sued?  On what grounds?
Or else they loose maintainership?  Wouldn't this hurt the goals of
the FSF?  I mean we do dump millions of real dollars into advancing
the software.

If you haven't studied the relationship for a year, please do, and
when you are knowledgable enough to comment on it, then do.
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From: Mike Stump <mrs@cygnus.com>
Subject: Re: uunet as a contact for the LPF smacks of favoritism.
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