Re: [csail-related] gsb: tonight at 5:30pm in 9G

[Alan Donovan <adonovan@>]

On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 08:46:51PM -0500, Alan Donovan wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 05:19:10PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
> >     GSB is for relaxation, and the GSB announcements are to make us laugh.
> > 
> > This list is not for GSB alone.  Occasionally important issues, such
> > as fire safety or the campaign against using Word files for
> > information interchange, will be mentioned.
> 
> 
> Richard, at some point, you should realise you have won.  The idea of
> Free software has radically altered not only the technical landscape,
> but the cultural one too.  Global non-profit collaborative projects
> such as SourceForge and Wikipedia owe their existence and success to
> the ideas of freedom and sharing of intellectual endeavour promoted by
> you and the FSF.  People didn't take it seriously for years, but now
> everyone does.  Sure, there are more battles to be fought, but you've
> won.  So why do you keep acting like a loser?
> 
> alan


Several people have told me I overstepped the mark.  My e-mail wasn't
intended to be insulting (quite the opposite) but I understand that it
could be read as such, in particular the potential for double-entendre
with the last line.  For that, I apologise to Richard.  I meant no
disrespect, and the main, positive part of my message was sincere.  To
the rest of you, I'm sorry for filling up your inboxes.

alan

(who only uses Free software, FWIW)

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