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Re: FSF whinging

Ken Raeburn <raeburn@MIT.EDU> Mon, 09 February 2009 23:39 UTC

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On Feb 9, 2009, at 17:49, Clint Chaplin wrote:
> I see that the FSF has beeen alerted.  Prepare for the flood of very
> similar whinges from people who have not immersed themselves in the
> subject at hand.

I'm particularly amused by the people who think we should not grant  
Red Hat the patent.

I think maybe the ietf list needs a "digest for mailbombing campaigns"  
mode. :-)

Ken

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