[gfsd]Re: cron project

[Richard Stallman]

I hereby dub gcron a GNU package.

Please don't forget to mention prominently in the README file and
other suitable documentation places that it is a GNU program.

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new-gnu people, could you please enter Ryan Golbeck in
gnuorg/maintainers, add him to the gnu-prog lists, and send him a copy
of maintain.text?