On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 22:15 +0100, DenverD wrote:
i agree and suggest the board grossly overstepped their authority and their irresponsible behavior should be dealt with in some appropriate fashion...their removal would not be any more radical than their decision to jump into USA politics..
I witnessed the board deliberate and vote to approve this action in the #opensuse-project IRC channel. It is the channel where the board has consistently and publicly deliberated and holds its meetings. They were not the only ones who chimed in to support this action and while there were a few people who expressed misgivings whether this would have any significant impact, the general mood of everyone in the channel was supportive of the board's intent. Granted, it could be argued that the IRC channel is not a sufficient place for board public debates, but that is where it has been held thus far. And if you feel the board needs to be discussing such matters more broadly, that's a fair-enough issue but needs to be a separate topic. Just saying... I'd like to point out that the tide of movement for a general internet blackout was pretty fast. There really was limited time for a real dialogue with only the first declaration of blackout (coming from Reddit) happening just last week. Many open source organizations pretty much scrambled over the past few days to figure out how to express its support for this action and different organizations took different approaches. But in any case, sometimes waves are faster than we can react to them, and the general sentiment of all those in the -project channel was to indeed join in. It would have been nicer if we had weeks in advance to prepare and discuss this, but sometimes it just doesn't happen in that favor. As I personally stated in the -project channel and I'll say it again, I support the Board for its decision and thank the Board for recognizing that this is more than just a political issue. It was a human rights issue and in my very personal opinion, fundamental human rights do not need a lot of deliberation. And to the comparison of China and US internet policies, while this is an apples and oranges distinction, if there was a global blackout strike declaration against China, I would have thrown my full support to that as well. But there isn't. Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Member -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org