Re: [liberationtech] Silent Circle Going Open Source

2012-11-12 Thread Julian Oliver
..on Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 08:15:12PM -0500, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: A huge thanks to Silent Circle for doing the right thing! https://github.com/SilentCircle Great start. It remains to be seen if they'll open up the server side code. If not then it can't be considered a great win - more akin to

[liberationtech] [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition)

2012-11-12 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.com.au - From: Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.com.au Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:32:00 +0100 To: freedombox list freedombox-disc...@lists.alioth.debian.org Subject: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox and Bitcoin (and the petition) User-Agent:

[liberationtech] Debate Event IRAN: From Online Freedom to Offline Democracy

2012-11-12 Thread Rieneke van Santen
For all of you interested in liberation technologies, (social) media, human rights and democracy for* Iran*, please be invited to the following debate event: *From Online Freedom to Offline Democracy* *Media vs Activism: Do Words Lead to Results in Iran? * November 30th 2012, De Rode Hoed,

[liberationtech] New liberationtech list for events

2012-11-12 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi all, I've been asked to create a new liberationtech list for events for there are too many to announce regularly on the list. Otherwise, the announcements would crowd out discussion. The new list shall be called liberationtech-events. I'll let everyone know when it's up and running. Also,

Re: [liberationtech] Silent Circle Going Open Source

2012-11-12 Thread Pavol Luptak
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:55:49AM +0100, Julian Oliver wrote: ..on Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 08:15:12PM -0500, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: A huge thanks to Silent Circle for doing the right thing! https://github.com/SilentCircle Great start. It remains to be seen if they'll open up the server side

Re: [liberationtech] Silent Circle Going Open Source

2012-11-12 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
I applaud the initiative, but definitely think this needs to be followed up with the source code for the rest of their suite. There also needs to be sufficient documentation and publishing of server-related stuff. NK On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Pavol Luptak wil...@trip.sk wrote: On

[liberationtech] Liberationtech-events list up and running

2012-11-12 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi all, The list is officially up and running! Feel free to subscribe at http://is.gd/LTevents and invite your closest 10,000 friends to join... ;) You can also immediately start sending info on upcoming liberationtech events and activities by sending a message to liberationtech-events@

[liberationtech] UN Body Wants Control over Internet Governance

2012-11-12 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
Experts claim that political and religious websites could disappear if the Federal Government backs a plan to hand control over the internet to the UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU). A draft of the proposal, formulated in secret and only recently posted on the ITU website for

Re: [liberationtech] Liberationtech-events list up and running

2012-11-12 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
Well done! :-) NK On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.eduwrote: Hi all, The list is officially up and running! Feel free to subscribe at http://is.gd/LTevents and invite your closest 10,000 friends to join... ;) You can also immediately start sending

Re: [liberationtech] UN Body Wants Control over Internet Governance

2012-11-12 Thread Ali-Reza Anghaie
My own personal view is the worst thing about this is it won't actually add transparency to any give Nation-State's policies/oppression and it's still not going to stop the tide of attempted Nation-State Intranets. So, at best, it's all the overhead with no benefit. The global situation can

[liberationtech] B-Corps

2012-11-12 Thread Yosem Companys
Rafael made me curious... Anyone in liberationtech used this legal status before? Perhaps Renee can tell us more about it? YC From: Rafael Shimunov r.shimu...@gmail.com Any folks out there working for a b-corp? Or ever considered it? I'm currently researching it for a social enterprise

Re: [liberationtech] B-Corps

2012-11-12 Thread Andrew Haeg
I'm considering applying for B-Corp status once I get GroundTruthhttp://groundtruth.coup and running. Very curious to learn more -- such as: is it essentially just a way to distinguish your co. from other, non-benefit corps? On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Yosem Companys

Re: [liberationtech] B-Corps

2012-11-12 Thread Lina Srivastava
Are you talking about a B-Corp or a Benefit Corp? The first is a certification, the second is a legal structure. Before deciding, you might want to take a look at this archived chat about the benefits of B-Corps vs. L3Cs (another possible structure): (Terrible structure to get through, but good

Re: [liberationtech] MJM as Personified Evil Says Spyware Saves Lives Not Kills Them

2012-11-12 Thread Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It saddens me that someone who is clearly talented is so delusional, or puts a price on his personal life. 15% of the company, and hefty salary. Either way, he seems to be the company fall-guy. Muench has put himself forward as Gamma’s point man on

Re: [liberationtech] MJM as Personified Evil Says Spyware Saves Lives Not Kills Them

2012-11-12 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb ei8...@ei8fdb.org wrote: It saddens me that someone who is clearly talented is so delusional, or puts a price on his personal life. 15% of the company, and hefty salary. Reading this thread and corresponding Twitter comments, I don't

[liberationtech] My rant to demandprogress

2012-11-12 Thread Uncle Zzzen
If you sometimes put demandprogress banners on your sites, I think you should be concerned about this: https://dubiousdod.org/blog/i-feel-used.html -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech

Re: [liberationtech] My rant to demandprogress

2012-11-12 Thread David Moon
RE: On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Uncle Zzzen unclezz...@gmail.comwrote: If you sometimes put demandprogress banners on your sites, I think you should be concerned about this: https://dubiousdod.org/blog/i-feel-used.html Ah yes, belated apologies for our delay in updating folks on the

Re: [liberationtech] SOPA Supporter Considered for Sec. of State

2012-11-12 Thread Collin Anderson
Howard Berman has had a long tenure in Congress that is worth a deeper evaluation than solely SOPA/ACTA, spanning legislation such as the Anti-Boycott Act, the infamous Berman Amendment (1988 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act), NAFTA, False Claims Act, et al. Whether or not Berman would

Re: [liberationtech] SOPA Supporter Considered for Sec. of State

2012-11-12 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
Promoting the business interests of his district at the expense of Internet freedom...? NK On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Collin Anderson col...@averysmallbird.com wrote: Howard Berman has had a long tenure in Congress that is worth a deeper evaluation than solely SOPA/ACTA, spanning

Re: [liberationtech] UN Body Wants Control over Internet Governance

2012-11-12 Thread Doug Schuler
I'm a little sorry that I passed this along…. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/technology/debunking-rumors-of-an-internet-takeover.html The absence of a link to the document should have been the tip off. -- Doug On Nov 12, 2012, at 2:35 PM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: Hi André, Have you read

Re: [liberationtech] SOPA Supporter Considered for Sec. of State

2012-11-12 Thread Collin Anderson
I've been to his district, lot of overpriced, upper class mortgages; less disturbed by the actions of a Representative whose constituents can arguably claim to be directly affected than some Texas Congressperson that takes on the cause for no discernible reason of representation. What would be

[liberationtech] Comments on Internews new information security guide

2012-11-12 Thread Brian Conley
Hi all, I have recently seen Internews' new internet security guide. http://www.internews.org/our-stories/project-updates/speaksafe-new-toolkit-safer-online-and-mobile-practices-media I wonder if anyone else on the list has seen it, or whether anyone knows who authored it? I'd very much like

Re: [liberationtech] SOPA Supporter Considered for Sec. of State

2012-11-12 Thread Brian Conley
Nadim, internet freedom isn't the only issue we should act on, is it? On Nov 12, 2012 11:03 PM, Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: Promoting the business interests of his district at the expense of Internet freedom...? NK On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Collin Anderson

Re: [liberationtech] SOPA Supporter Considered for Sec. of State

2012-11-12 Thread James S. Tyre
Minor correction. Hollywood isn’t, and before the recent redistricting wasn’t, in his district. His district includes, among other places, North Hollywood, but there is little relation between Hollywood and North Hollywood. -- James S. Tyre Law Offices of James S. Tyre 10736 Jefferson