On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] stated in their Email:
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bscott> My personal and highly inflammatory opinion on this is that
bscott> RMS can go fsck himself.
Nothing inflammatory here - I agree totally...
bscott> I'm all for giving GNU all the credit they deserve, and more,
bscott> but changing the name of the group because RMS thinks we
bscott> should is just, well, *wrong*.
Still in total agreement...
bscott> The name of the group is GNHLUG. We never said we don't use
bscott> other things too, and it is generally understood that anything
bscott> having to do with Free Software and/or Unix-derivatives is
bscott> what we are here for. Heck, I think it's been demonstrated
bscott> that just about anything that has ever been near a computer is
bscott> of interest to the group. If RMS is not willing to accept
bscott> that, that is his problem.
Still nodding in the affirmative...
bscott> That being said, I speak only for myself, and I really don't
bscott> give two shits what RMS does or where he goes. I am quite
bscott> happy to simply skip any meeting he is speaking at. The only
bscott> thing I am strictly against is changing the name of the group
bscott> to placate anyone.
Still here, except... If he did come and speak to one of our little
meetings, it would be fresh meat for all the experienced hecklers
who up until now have been practicing mainly on you and Paul... (and
we could always just change the name back as soon as he walked out the
door ;)
I also remember being in on this argument a LONG time ago, and my mind
has still not changed. Just because I may use GNU tools to do some
work does **NOT** mean I will name everything I edit, compile, etc. as
"GNU/mywork" just for the privilege of using those tools. GNU makes
some good _tools_, but if I created it I'll name it - and the same
applies to Linus and Linux IMNSHO.
D. Roberts
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