Re: BOYCOTT CCO!2 c.s.a2 archived at?

[ag471@yfn.ysu.edu (Eric S. Ford)]

In a previous article, irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) says:

>Because cco has become a black hole from which uploads can't be downloaded
>since Todd Whitesel stopped administrating it, I think we should boycott it and
>send all of our uploads to one of the following more deserving sites:
>

Hmmm, let's see if I understand this:

	Someone is donating free storage space and free computer support.
	Someone else is donating free personal time to maintain the system.
	The maintainer chooses to exercise some control on the use files stored
	on the system and for that you think they should be boycotted? Curious.

	Has anyone ever proven the effectiveness of a boycott on non-profit
	activities?  Do you think it likely that he will surrender and 
	agree to perform his voluntary activity according to your rules (or
	lack there of)?  I don't mean to be argumentative, but the idea of
	boycotting a volunteer activity seems absurd.

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