From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: Usage of disqus instead of mailinglist considered harmful Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:42:15 +0200 Message-ID: <87zkalx2uw.fsf@gnu.org> References: <878vi9l3fx.fsf@gnu.org> <87k41r7uuk.fsf@gnu.org> <2012-04-08T13-22-34@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55853) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SH0n9-0000RE-AE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:41:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SH0n7-0006pM-Da for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:41:02 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f177.google.com ([209.85.212.177]:33573) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SH0n7-0006pG-4L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:41:01 -0400 Received: by wibhj13 with SMTP id hj13so1502959wib.12 for ; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:40:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Achim Gratz's message of "Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:10:46 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Achim Gratz Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Achim Gratz writes: > Am 08.04.2012 13:43, schrieb Karl Voit: > >> Mailinglists - though currently handled by gmane which is also a >> company - are a standard that is independent from any company. You >> can extract the complete archive if you want and host it somewhere >> else. No fuzz here. > > Gmane is not a company: > http://gmane.org/about.php > > Besides, the mailing list isn't "run" in any way by Gmane. Exactly. The mailing list is run by the GNU project and hosted on the GNU servers. We owe a lot to GNU. And we owe a lot to Lars for services like Gmane and Gwene. -- Bastien