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Re: Renaming the FTP Masters



Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> writes:

> PS For people who are concerned that a retreat from the term "master" is
>    somehow the language police run dangerously amok, it's worth asking
>    why you feel so committed to the term "master" that you would fight
>    to keep the project we all work on using terminology we all can
>    acknowledge is confused and outdated.  If someone is excited to
>    improve the project, even if you don't have the capacity to help them
>    do it, at least *let* them do it!

As someone who did jump into the debate about the term "master", and
regrets doing so (due to contributing irrelevant noise), I wanna say:
Thanks for making this point, you are absolutely right!

 -- Gard

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