tower@WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU (04/21/89)
From: rfg@mcc.com (Ron Guilmette) I also would like to see a new newsgroup/mailing-list called gnu.politics or gnu.philosophy or some such thing. Let's stop this secondary discussion of new non-technical newsgroups. The gnu mailing-lists/newsgroups are meant for technical discussions about GNU. Review etc/MAILINGLISTS in the GNU Emacs distribution for the full scoop. Let's also stop the discussion on the primary issue. Rarely, an important non-technical issue comes. It should be quickly answered by people who are qualified to do so. Further comments, discussion, and opinions are not appropriate. Take it offline to private mail or one of the talk.* USENET newsgroup. To quote karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu: | Date: 9 Aug 88 15:27:14 GMT | From: karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) | Subject: STOP THIS. | To: info-gcc@prep.ai.mit.edu | | Look, folks, get something straight. The GNU mailing lists have | traditionally had an extremely high signal-to-noise ratio. The utter crap | currently taking place in this newsgroup is reducing that ratio to epsilon | fast. | | Unless you have informed, documentable legal opinion, shut up. | | Gene Spafford expressed some concerns and got some expert opinion. His | contact presented some interesting, potentially useful information. RMS | recognized the value of the questions and answered them. | | 99% of the remainder of what's happening here is complete, total GARBAGE. | When it comes to people starting their articles with, "I'm not a lawyer, but | I'll throw in my guesses, too," it is manifestly clear that this is | threatening to become a sewer. | | STOP IT. As Padlipsky said, you may have a constitutional right to a | personal opinion, but you DON'T have a constitutional right to a professional | opinion. | | If you need an expert legal opinion, GO GET ONE. You can find a lawyer, I'm | sure, unless your hands are actually glued to the F(ollowup) or R(eply) keys | of your keyboard. If the info you get is of a high character, maybe post a | summary. | | This mailing-list/newsgroup exists to discuss THE COMPILER, GCC, not your | opinions of RMS, FSF, the GNU Project in general, the state of the legal | system in the US, or anything else. This is a TECHNICAL FORUM. *Keep* it | that way. | ... flames > tower@wheaties.ai.mit.edu From: rfg@mcc.com (Ron Guilmette) I can see how such a group would come in handy. For instance, right now I'd like to inform all the GNU'ers out there that this month's IEEE Micro magazine contains an interesting MicroLaw column that talks about some recent cases involving the definition of "derivative works". Where should I post such a public service announcement? Obviously, the info-gcc mailing-list/ newsgroup is *not* really the correct place, but where else? This pointer is appropriate for posting to info-gnu/gnu.announce, It's useful to many GNUers to better understand this law. thanx -len