Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 22:25:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 22:25:48 -0400 Received: from bitmover.com ([192.132.92.2]:31632 "EHLO mail.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 22:25:46 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 19:31:31 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Andrew Morton Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rms@gnu.org Subject: Re: Listmaster request: Do not blacklist rms@gnu.org Message-ID: <20021021193131.G20688@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Andrew Morton , Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rms@gnu.org References: <20021021182737.A23371@infradead.org> <20021022014015.GB23958@Master.Wizards> <3DB4AEC1.1060906@pobox.com> <3DB4B455.921467D3@digeo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3DB4B455.921467D3@digeo.com>; from akpm@digeo.com on Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 07:13:41PM -0700 X-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1816 Lines: 35 On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 07:13:41PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Guys, this whole issue is never going to go away. There are > legitimate views on both sides. We just have to be accommodating. Agreed. One thought that occurred to me as I was tucking in my kids (yeah, sick that I think about this crap that much) was that both Richard and I are very convinced that what we are doing is good for the community. We have opposing views on how to do it (in this case) but it is worth remembering that we are both trying to help as best we are able. The flame wars are inevitable when you get two strong willed people both trying to do the right thing in opposite ways, it's no surprise, or it shouldn't be. But the thought I had was that it was worth remembering that Richard is trying to do the right thing for you and so am I. He's not the enemy, he's a friend. We really ought to be able to be a lot more reasonable about all this stuff, we all have the same goals, we are all trying to make the world a better place (swell of violin music as I puke on myself for throwing out cliches :) More seriously, my view is that if we're fighting amongst ourselves, we blew it. We should be fighting Microsoft, they are the real problem, Richard isn't, the GPL isn't, BK isn't. Let's keep our eye on the ball. I'm off to watch some hockey, which is even more fun than this, amazingly enough... You can take the boy out of Wisconsin, but you can't take Wisconsin out of the boy. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/