bs@alice.UUCP (Bjarne Stroustrup) (09/17/88)
rms at WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU (Richard Stallman) writes: > Please don't use GNU mailing lists to discuss, advertise or ask about > proprietary software. > > We set up this list for discussion of the GNU C++ compiler. Using our > list to promote unfree software is working directly to interfere with > the GNU project--insulting, at the least. So take those discussions > someplace else. Cersorship raises its ugly head.
tower@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) (09/23/88)
In article <8210@alice.UUCP> bs@alice.UUCP (Bjarne Stroustrup) writes: |rms at WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU (Richard Stallman) writes: | | > Please don't use GNU mailing lists to discuss, advertise or ask about | > proprietary software. | > | > We set up this list for discussion of the GNU C++ compiler. Using our | > list to promote unfree software is working directly to interfere with | > the GNU project--insulting, at the least. So take those discussions | > someplace else. | |Cersorship raises its ugly head. A few facts: rms posted the above on the Internet mailing list info-g++ which is gated one-way into comp.lang.c++ It was in response to an ad mailed to info-g++, NOT any of the postings here on comp.lang.c++. The charter of info-g++ states it's restricted to the discussion of G++ and GDB+. The one way gating was approved after a vote conducted a while back on this newsgroup. Opinion: I think the occasional inappropriate message from info-g++ is a small cost for comp.lang.c++ readers to pay for all the valuable messages. Disclaimer: I'm an active GNUer. Hopefully: 'nuff said. enjoy -len PS: info-g++ is gated both ways with the newsgroup gnu.g++. PPS: information about the GNU Project is available from: gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or Free Software Foundation 675 Mass. Avenue Cambridge, MA 04139