Yes, it was. On 2019-10-31 19:10, Jean Louis wrote:
* Alfred M. Szmidt <a...@gnu.org> [2019-10-31 20:01]:We're discussing this now with rms and the FSF.As far as why things are the way they are today, I can't answer that.It dates back to a different time of ITS and PDP-10s ..... Just like when gnu.org didn't require passwords to login.Was it Stallman who protested against introduction of a password prompt "login: "?