25 Nov
2004
25 Nov
'04
4:33 a.m.
At 05:12 PM 11/24/2004, Doc Shipley wrote:
I mentioned corresponding with RMS on behalf of a LUG
here, the University of Texas SIGLinux. RMS was planning a speaking tour and SIGL invited
him here. The official FSF position, which was later verified by personal email from
Stallman, was that he would be very happy to speak in Austin.
As long as the official name of SIGLinux was changed to include GNU.
Having heard the story before, I've always wondered why they didn't
simply change the name for a month or two, then change it back. :-)
- John