From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12697 invoked by alias); 21 Feb 2008 20:59:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 12688 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Feb 2008 20:59:33 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from vms048pub.verizon.net (HELO vms048pub.verizon.net) (206.46.252.48) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:59:14 +0000 Received: from black ([96.238.9.21]) by vms048.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JWL009U5SBUBS30@vms048.mailsrvcs.net> for gdb@sourceware.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:19:07 -0600 (CST) Received: from bob by black with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JSGwj-0006l5-U5; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:19:05 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:37:00 -0000 From: Bob Rossi Subject: Re: New MI maintainer In-reply-to: To: Richard Stallman Cc: nickrob@snap.net.nz, gdb@sourceware.org Message-id: <20080221191905.GI31574@brasko.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline References: <20080219191222.GA10196@caradoc.them.org> <18363.14758.855327.355215@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <20080219202853.GA14588@caradoc.them.org> <20080219213011.GB5844@brasko.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-02/txt/msg00173.txt.bz2 On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 03:59:25AM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote: > A free and open society protects its users by making public its > actions and intents. > > The GNU Project is not a government, and it does not aim to represent > the people in general, or the users. Our goals go far beyond "making > users happy". We campaign for your freedom to change and redistribute > your own version of a program. OK, to that end, let me say, Thank You. I've been on the receiving end of the free software movement for a very long time. I also happen to be reasonably happy with what I have been given. > That does not include your having the right to be consulted by us > about what we do in developing a program. Because the program is free, > you are not bound by our decisions anyway. I do however disagree with you here. I'm simply suggesting that when you keep the process closed, you divide people instead of bring them together. You have witnessed an instance of this with your current policy. Either way, I hope this new appointment is an improvement to GDB, and to the MI interface. I look forward to seeing some improvements. Bob Rossi