On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 11:03:12PM -0500, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote: >On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, DJ Delorie wrote: >>>Summary of the thread: it's known about and may never be fixed, but >>>alternative searchable archives exist (gmane, nabble, probably others >>>like marc and mail-archive too). >> >>Could we put in a google search box on the archive pages at least, to >>stop confusing people? > >Technically feasible but politically sensitive. Considering that links >on readings.html to sites that provide some software that's >non-free-by-FSF-definition is forbidden, I'd like to know if that'd be >allowed, and I'd want that answer straight from the GNU's mouth (so >please don't start discussing it among just-subscribers-to-this-list >and anyway don't CC me if you do). SC?
I asked about this a couple of years ago and, IIRC, the SC said no. cgf
