On Wed, January 18, 2012 12:21 pm, Dimstar / Dominique Leuenberger wrote:
On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 12:08 +0100, Joop Boonen wrote:
I think it would be a waste of everybodys time trying to decide when
it
is "one of those times". I sincerely hope openSUSE will not continue down this slippery slope.
Isn't it the openSUSE:Board that decides?
I wonder why you think it's a slippery slope?
Well, political statements ARE slippery by nature.
Ought I to publicly state that I fully support PIPA and SOPA, would that mean that I can't be part of the openSUSE project anymore?
Why I don't see this, openSUSE has open in the name. Why shouldn't anyone be allowed in the community that doesn't have (exactly) the same ideas as most other community members.
Which kind of political propaganda do we support? Connecting to 'The Pirate Bay' from within the Netherlands gives me a big banner currently that several providers in this country are stepping away from net-neutrality and are starting to block (censor!) parts of the internet.
Not too different from the current statements, nobody in the openSUSE Board cares for it.
I think it's different. I'm Dutch and I live in the Netherlands I don't agree with blocking the pirate bay. Not because I'm pro pirate bay but because I'm pro open internet. I think Internationally there is a major difference between blocking pirate bay in the Netherlands and SOPA in the US. The US has a major influence on the world, the Netherlands doesn't.
As you see, the question if / when openSUSE should engage in such statements is surely difficult.
I agree it's difficult. I think they should for such a major issue. I also think openSUSE shouldn't become an activist platform. But they should stand up for their rights i.e. fight against things that might be used against them.
Dominique
Regards, Joop.
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