Re: The name gnus-cloud.el

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 11:50:42 -0500
> 
>   > In this case, I cannot for the life of me understand what's all the
>   > fuss about.  "Cloud" is just a word, and there's nothing wrong with it
>   > per se.
> 
> The problem is in the expression "cloud computing".  It is a bogus
> generalization whose use spreads confusion.

But gnus-cloud doesn't do or mention cloud computing.

>   >  We are not talking about cloud computing,
> 
> It makes no sense to "talk about cloud computing"

We are mis-communicating: I meant to say that gnus-cloud doesn't do or
mention cloud computing.  Thus, "we are not talking" about that.

>     we are talking about using the word itself.
> 
> In this context, "cloud" means that something "uses cloud computing".

No, it doesn't.  It just stands for itself.

> It could be different in another context.

The context here is the name of a file.  That context is unrelated to
anything mentioned in
https://gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#CloudComputing.

The word "cloud" is not to blame for some of its abuses.  We should
not be afraid of using "cloud" as a word.  Doing so makes us look
ridiculous at best.  I don't think we want to be like some regimes
that are afraid of certain words.