Fund raising at the FSF

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1 total messages Started by Noah Friedman Thu, 07 Jan 1993 06:18

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Author: Noah Friedman
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 06:18

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There has been an awful lot of flamage on this subject.  People are welcome
to disagree and voice their opinions, but flaming really doesn't advance
your cause regardless of which side you're on.  Particularly for those
people who are trying to defend the GNU Project, we appreciate your
intentions, but flaming does not help us.

Misunderstanding doesn't help either.  Take a few minutes to think about
what other people are *trying* to say regardless of what your immediate
interpretation leads you to believe they meant.  If you need clarification
from someone, ask them.  But don't do it in a condescending way.

It takes a certain amount of self-restraint not to follow up with flames
when someone says something initially inflammatory.  That self-restraint is
well worth the effort.

One thing that may help when writing responses is to write the reply, then
wait 24 hours.  Read it at the end of that time and decide if your argument
is calm and reasonably constructive.  If it isn't, edit it until it is.

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