FSF whinging (again)

2009-02-10 Thread Clint Chaplin
Uh oh. Looks like somebody updated the alert at FSF. -- Forwarded message -- From: Clint Chaplin Date: Feb 9, 2009 2:49 PM Subject: FSF whinging To: IETF discussion list I see that the FSF has beeen alerted. Prepare for the flood of very similar whinges from people who have

Re: FSF whinging

2009-02-09 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Clint Chaplin > I see that the FSF has beeen alerted. The thing that's really irritating is that the FSF has tried this trick _before_ and had it explained to them then that this sort of thing doesn't do any good, just irritates people. Guess the clue level over at the

Re: FSF whinging

2009-02-09 Thread Clint Chaplin
I've also seen "TSL" instead of "TLS", and "Red Hat" instead of "RedPhone". On 2/9/09, Philip Nesser wrote: > I particularly like: "Much of the communication on the Internet > happens between computers according to standards that define common > languages" > > I would like to know what commun

Re: FSF whinging

2009-02-09 Thread Philip Nesser
I particularly like: "Much of the communication on the Internet happens between computers according to standards that define common languages" I would like to know what communications the computers are getting up to that don't use protocols? On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Ken Raeburn wrote: >

Re: FSF whinging

2009-02-09 Thread Clint Chaplin
I never claimed that I was immersed. I also haven't chimed in on something that I'm not immersed in. Unlike over 100 people in the last half hour. On 2/9/09, Gary E. Miller wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Yo Clint! > > > On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Clint Chaplin wrote: >

Re: FSF whinging

2009-02-09 Thread Ken Raeburn
On Feb 9, 2009, at 17:49, Clint Chaplin wrote: I see that the FSF has beeen alerted. Prepare for the flood of very similar whinges from people who have not immersed themselves in the subject at hand. I'm particularly amused by the people who think we should not grant Red Hat the patent. I

Re: FSF whinging

2009-02-09 Thread Gary E. Miller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yo Clint! On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Clint Chaplin wrote: > I see that the FSF has beeen alerted. Prepare for the flood of very > similar whinges from people who have not immersed themselves in the > subject at hand. If you have been immersed, what is you

RE: FSF whinging

2009-02-09 Thread Powers Chuck-RXCP20
f-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On > Behalf Of Clint Chaplin > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 4:49 PM > To: IETF discussion list > Subject: FSF whinging > > I see that the FSF has beeen alerted. Prepare for the flood of very > similar whinges from p

FSF whinging

2009-02-09 Thread Clint Chaplin
I see that the FSF has beeen alerted. Prepare for the flood of very similar whinges from people who have not immersed themselves in the subject at hand. -- Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin Principal Engineer Corporate Standardization (US) SISA ___ Ietf mailing l