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Date:      Sat, 03 Mar 2018 17:47:54 -0800
From:      Ryan Root <rroot@rootautomation.com>
To:        cem@freebsd.org, John Darrah <timmcgrawfan@protonmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org" <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD has a politics problem
In-Reply-To: <CAG6CVpW4djEC6Zjp4K8ukuhzOnBs_6UhYVG%2BWB-mTDhCCv%2B5eg@mail.gmail.com>

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