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Re: Stallman and enable-local-variables in bugtraq-digest V1 #64
From: jladwig () soils umn edu (John Ladwig)
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 15:27:20 -0600
On Tue, 13 Dec 1994 09:24:04 -1000 (HST), Timothy Newsham <newsham () wiliki eng hawaii edu> said:
>> >> /* jladwig () soils umn edu writes: */ >> >> >rms has said to me in mail that he "doesn't like security". >> >Would that I (and others) had that luxury. >> > >> Just because someone doesn't "like" something, doesn't mean >> they don't understand the need for it. It's a shame anyone >> *has* to deal with it at all. I'd much rather *not have* to >> type a password when su'ing, but the consequences of a >> password-less root are obvious. I don't like having to take >> the extra time to do it, but the alternative is even less >> appealing. Exactly. TN> Its the mission of the FSF to wedge the philosophies of RMS TN> upon everyone. This is accomplished through writing free TN> software which becomes a defacto standard with dependancies on TN> other free software which must become a defecto standard. I'm TN> not saying they dont do a good job, *Please* let's not get into a big public to-do over FSF philosophy and politics. If you must vent about it, please feel free to do so with me, or privately to others, and not on Bugtraq. TN> but disreguarding other people's need for security just TN> because RMS thinks society should be free and open is evil. Personality aside, I thought it relevant to mention on Bugtraq the philosophical viewpoint of the maintainer of several important software packages. -jml
Current thread:
- Re: Stallman and enable-local-variables in bugtraq-digest V1 #64 Wm Randolph Franklin (Dec 11)
- Re: Stallman and enable-local-variables in bugtraq-digest V1 #64 John Ladwig (Dec 12)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Stallman and enable-local-variables in bugtraq-digest V1 #64 Mitch Wright (Dec 12)
- Re: Stallman and enable-local-variables in bugtraq-digest V1 #64 Timothy Newsham (Dec 13)
- Re: Stallman and enable-local-variables in bugtraq-digest V1 #64 Paul 'Shag' Walmsley (Dec 13)
- Re: Stallman and enable-local-variables in bugtraq-digest V1 #64 Timothy Newsham (Dec 13)
- Re: Stallman and enable-local-variables in bugtraq-digest V1 #64 John Ladwig (Dec 13)