On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:11, Per Jessen <per@opensuse.org> wrote:
It's not just us, that's for sure.
There is a long list somewhere. However, not even the Wikipediae around the world could agree:
http://en.wikipedia.org - blackout as announced.
http://de.wikipedia.org - a black banner mentioning SOPA. http://nl.wikipedia.org - a black banner mentioning SOPA. http://it.wikipedia.org - a black banner mentioning SOPA. http://es.wikipedia.org - a black banner mentioning SOPA.
http://da.wikipedia.org - a tiny link on black background.
http://fr.wikipedia.org - SOAP was briefly mentioned under todays themes.
http://tr.wikipedia.org - I think there is a banner mentioning SOPA. http://fi.wikipedia.org - no mention at all. (afaict).
http://sv.wikipedia.org - a note that the Swedish wikipedia is unaffected :-)
Add to your list at least... - Boing Boing - Imgur - Google - MoveOn - Mozilla - Reddit - WordPress - Craigslist - ArsTechnica - The Verge - OReilly - Wired - TechCrunch - XKCD - Fark and on and on.. around 7000 or 8000 websites joined in.
Given the number of different peoples and cultures we represent, we had no business taking part.
And I think that this is exactly why we needed to take a stand :-) You can say the same about all the sites that participated... they represent worldwide audiences... and they stood up and said "no" to something that potentially affected every single internet user worldwide. This was not about something that affected one group - "we" don't protest GEMA in Germany because their stupidity has zero effect on people outside of Germany... "we" don't protest BREIN in the Netherlands because their stupidity affects only the Dutch... but SOPA.. that had the potential of a global effect. Anyway... those that are offended by the board's actions will never see the other side.. and those who support the actions (like me) will never think it was a bad idea.... so... :-P we will go in circles here for weeks. I'll get off my soapbox now :-) C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org