RE: Current mailbombing is instigated by FSF

2009-03-01 Thread Dave Nelson
Alessandro Vesely writes... Using the Internet is not mandatory: it's free. Well, that's just plain silly. Does your ISP not charge for access? Mine, Comcast, charges me over $50 US per month. The Internet should be available to all, but it cannot be truly free, as the fabric of the Internet

Re: Current mailbombing is instigated by FSF

2009-02-28 Thread TSG
Dean Anderson wrote: Unfortunately, Todd's delicate sarcasm is probably lost on most... The method was determined by the IETF. The last call is a public comment period to gage consensus. There is nothing wrong with the method of the FSF in participating. Sure there is Dean - let me propose a

Re: Current mailbombing is instigated by FSF

2009-02-28 Thread Carsten Bormann
On Feb 9, 2009, at 23:55, Carsten Bormann wrote: not the way to win friends and impress people I sincerely apologize for sending a message that has elicited (much belated) responses from *both* TSG and av8. I wonder if a shower is enough to get the troll spit off my face. (I certainly

Re: Current mailbombing is instigated by FSF

2009-02-27 Thread TSG
Carsten Bormann wrote: http://www.fsf.org/news/reoppose-tls-authz-standard While I have a lot of sympathy for the cause, I have very little sympathy for the methods. I have NO sympathy for the cause. Rendering a mailing list that might be useful for actually resolving the issue inoperative

Re: Current mailbombing is instigated by FSF

2009-02-10 Thread Michael Richardson
Carsten == Carsten Bormann c...@tzi.org writes: Carsten http://www.fsf.org/news/reoppose-tls-authz-standard Carsten While I have a lot of sympathy for the cause, I have very Carsten little sympathy for the methods. Rendering a mailing list It's an IETF last call. This is what

Re: Current mailbombing is instigated by FSF

2009-02-10 Thread Carsten Bormann
On Feb 10, 2009, at 15:46, Michael Richardson wrote: The IETF should be *thrilled* that so many people care! In a world with unlimited time, yes. In the real world, polluting the discourse by hundreds of more or less unconsidered knee-jerk reactions just makes sure that *I* can't take

Current mailbombing is instigated by FSF

2009-02-09 Thread Carsten Bormann
http://www.fsf.org/news/reoppose-tls-authz-standard While I have a lot of sympathy for the cause, I have very little sympathy for the methods. Rendering a mailing list that might be useful for actually resolving the issue inoperative by a campaign is idiotic. Somebody from I* (the IETF chair