Stop it already!

[William Scott Lockwood III]

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:36 PM, William Scott Lockwood III
> <scott at guppylog.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:27 PM, W. Scott Lockwood III
>>> <scott at guppylog.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Why is it that people who post about the recent issue with Canonical (see
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/ThouShaltNotBeCritical please) are suddenly being placed
>>>> in moderated status? Hypocrisy much? What your corporate masters do and
>>>> don't do is in fact a valid technical issue for discussion. The way in which
>>>> we can or cannot use the software dictates behavior. Lastly, you should
>>>> listen to your user base.
>>>
>>> 1) Is this a technical issue? Couldn't you blog/tweet about this? Or
>>
>> To me it is. Where else I post about it isn't really germane to this
>> list, is it? Either the distro is free or it isn't. Either the people
>> making it are respectful good actors in the community, or they're
>> people who try to trademark common words in any language, which is the
>> very definition of BAD ACTOR.
>>>
>>> discuss it on the non-technical list that was created after the
>>> lists.ubuntu.com non-technical one was shut down?
>>
>> Yes, I'm sure you'd like to keep marginalizing those of us who were
>> subscribed to that list. No. Reap what you sow, folks.
>
> I couldn't care less about your problem with Ubuntu/Canonical - or
> anyone else's. This is non-technical, FSF-political issue.
>
> I hope that the moderators will shut you down immediately because this
> is a technical list as is stated at the top of
>
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users:


IT IS A TECHNICAL ISSUE! Some people use free software in environments
that require FREEDOM. If Ubuntu is not free, or is less free, then
suddenly, that is a TECHNICAL reason why they can't use it! WAKE UP!