This isn't a question of whether they should be allowed to log. This is a request to them to not log. By making it public, more people may back the request and

This isn't a question of whether they should be allowed to log. This is a request to them to not log. By making it public, more people may back the request and the university can make a decision keeping in mind the opinions of students and scholars. Again, because you seem to misunderstand this piece in many comments, this isn't about whether MIT can legally log. It's about whether they should. RMS is telling them they shouldn't not that they are legally constrained to not do so.