Re: [libreoffice-website] ACTA banner?

On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 18:08 +0100, Olav Dahlum wrote:
> Well, I just wonder if you really want to start down this path - what
>
> > will be the response when the next issue comes up, what will be the
> > measuring stick used when deciding if it rises to the level deserving a
> > place on our collective resource? Who will decide?
> >
> > Is the website a place to put the protest de jure, shall we have a one
> > day banner extolling the evilness of Twitter for deciding it has to
> > actually comply with the law in the countries it does commerce in?
> We did protest against SOPA and PIPA … 

Yes - and so of course it holds that we would do it again - which rather
makes my point. (although I still don't know who 'we' is in that
statement above)

> And it's not over yet. Poor
> decisions made by Twitter won't affect us directly, but ACTA could.

Obviously the actual people involved thought it the correct decision,
and twitter is a service we use and therefore promote.

Which gets me to the crux of the matter - it's not about the specifics
of these two cases, it is about the general question. 

If TDF wants to take positions on political issues of the day that's
fine, just recognize that we will be opening ourselves up for some
rather nasty internal debates, assuming of course that the decisions are
made differently from the SOPA protest.

Beyond that - I will not belabor the point, I think you all understand
and I won't push it, it's just a cautionary concern.

Best wishes,

//drew


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