[Vorbis] FOSS, Science, and Public activism

[proclus at gnu-darwin.org]

On  4 Jul, Pandu E Poluan wrote:
> No, sir. I believe you can read, and the name of this mailing list is 
> "Vorbis", and thus all members of this mailing list (perhaps, excluding you, 
> who are probably braindead enough to not be able to deduce the mailing 
> list's mission) are interested in this wonderful cure for cancer, AIDS, and 
> global poverty called "Vorbis".
> 
> Should you have an alternative way for curing cancer, AIDS, or global 
> poverty that does not go with the name "Vorbis", then sadly, we are not 
> interested.

You are choosing certain topics from the message which are less germane
to the mission of the project, while most of the message is applicable. 
The biomed stuff is an excellent example of how the values which gave
rise to FOSS are gaining greater sway in other arenas, and I am arguing
that we should now pull together to make that happen more.

Regards,
proclus
http://www.gnu-darwin.org/

> {p}
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <proclus at gnu-darwin.org>
> To: "Segher Boessenkool" <segher at kernel.crashing.org>
> Cc: <vorbis at lists.xiph.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 6:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vorbis] FOSS, Science, and Public activism
> On  3 Jul, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>>> Please don't throw around the label of spam so lightly
>>
>> "spam" == "unsollicited bulk email".  This certainly applies -- I alone
>> got 8 copies of this message!  (And, after reading the first couple of
>> lines, I pressed the 'd' key).
> 
> That definition certainly requires some modification, because you have
> subscribed to public forums, and I felt that it was relevant and
> important to post the message to each one of them in order to bring
> together all the interested people.
> 
> People who subscribe to public forums often receive unsolicited
> messages.  You deleted messages which you were not interested in, which
> is also obviously not a problem, and a commonplace occurrence.  The
> interest of other members of the list should be taken into account, so
> that messages of this type should sometimes be encouraged, and not
> quelled with the spam label.  Your 'd' key is handy.
> 
> Regards,
> proclus
> http://www.gnu-darwin.org/
> 
> 
> 
> 

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