An appeal was made by somebody. It was pointed out that it is off topic by one who was not willing to respond to the appeal favourably. I think the matter shall end there.
An appeal, let it be for any noble purpose, made these days, will not be responded favourably by all. Because society is politically devided on class basis. Hence, the course open to lists like this is to allow those who want to make the appeal and allow those who want to express opposition. Naturally, those who are willing to respond favourably can do that also. Please, donot make a mess of all these petty issues, wasting everybody's time and energy which could be utilised for the purpose for which this list is initiated. Intervention is just to avoid perpetuating a split among the participants, more and more of whom are aligning on one or the other side. On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Debayan Banerjee <[email protected]>wrote: > Gora Mohanty wrote: > >> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:51:39 +0530 >> Roopesh P Raj <[email protected]> wrote: >> [...] >> >> >>> It is an appeal >>> to the group members to contribute for a cause. Ignore it if you >>> are not interested in its cause. That's it. Scrutinizing even an >>> appeal for relief is cruel and outrageous. It is regrettable that >>> there are people who feel violated when they receive an appeal >>> for help, that too genuine. >>> >>> >> > There are times when I compare the internet to the real world we live in, > and a chat room/mailing list to a real room in which several people are > sitting. Entering a room where people have gathered to discuss about FOSS, > and then announcing about flood relief is a good and noble idea. Once you > have made the announcement some people who are interested will gather around > you and form a huddle to listen to you in detail, while others who are not > interested will continue with their discussion. > However, when it comes to a mailing list, forming a separate huddle is not > possible. Your mails will go to all people in the list. The list is an > inseparable huddle in itself. > Hence, in my opinion. when you bring such topics to the list, also specify > which other list people should join to discuss about the topic. > > -- > Regards, > Debayan Banerjee > http://deeproot.in | +91 (80) 4089 0000 > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > -- With warm greetings. Joseph Thomas, [email protected], 9447738369/9447738366 Res : 04842792369 Every public agency has a duty to maintain its control over its computing, as a matter of sovereignty. Using a non-free program means giving the program’s developer control over that computing. Thus, public agencies must reject proprietary software and move to free software. ---- Richard M Stallman
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