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Re: RMS is at it again

To: Mark Kettenis <kettenis at wins dot uva dot nl>
Subject: Re: RMS is at it again
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
Date: 28 Jun 2000 15:48:12 -0700
Cc: libc-hacker at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
References: <m3pup4p14q.fsf@otr.mynet.cygnus.com> <200006282239.e5SMdpg00463@delius.kettenis.local>
Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)

Mark Kettenis <kettenis@wins.uva.nl> writes:

> Could any of us try to press him to back off?

Sure.

> IMHO a steering committee wouldn't make sense for a project with the
> number of people actively contributing that we have now.  In a sense
> libc-hacker already is that steering committee.  A formal steering
> committee means more burocracy, which we don't need at all.

This is my position as well.

> Indeed.  Can't you just ignore RMS and continue what you've been doing
> the past few years?

To some extend.  But RMS still is in the position to say what is a GNU
project and what not.

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