Sean, You have my +1. We only have 4 days left if we are gonna do this. Do you have any idea's how we can make the site updates needed?
I would imagine this would require majority support from the OODT PMC as well. -Cameron On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Mark Struberg <[email protected]> wrote: > basically +1 > > we could do this with CSS tricks, to overlay a png applied to <body> with > a 'black hole' graphic which gets a higher Z axis or kind of trick. > We should not need to change each and every page if possible. > > LieGrue, > strub > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" <[email protected]> > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:57 AM > > Subject: Re: SOPA & PIPA for OODT and other 4-letter acronyms > > > > +1 from me. > > > > Cheers, > > Chris > > > > On Jan 13, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Sean Kelly wrote: > > > >> Colleagues: > >> > >> The Internet is a global resource and I'm thankful that the majority of > > our Apache and OODT users needn't put up with any of the shenanigans that > > the governments of Syria, Iran, and China employ routinely to throttle > the free > > distribution of software, open exchange of ideas, and unmoderated dialog > of > > critique deployed against their respective peoples. > >> > >> Sadly, the United States of America is considering legislation [1], > [2] in > > its dual legislative houses of government that is on par with these > oppressive > > regimes[3]—all in a misguided attempt to stop piracy of both durable and > logical > > goods. > >> > >> While we are an international organization that freely distributes > software > > beyond national borders, we've got to admit that the practices employed > > within the United States has global ramifications, especially since our > > software, being free and open source, enjoys a worldwide audience and > runs the > > majority of the web's infrastructure. > >> > >> Other efforts within the Apache Software Foundation have already > stepped > > forward with visible, tangible displays of their commitment against the > SOPA and > > PIPA acts currently under consideration by the USA House of > Representatives and > > Senate, respectively. > >> > >> Some of these efforts have elected to participate in an "internet > > strike" by displaying banners and/or "going dark" on the 18th of > > January, 2012. > >> > >> I would strongly urge the Object Oriented Data Technology (OODT) > project of > > the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to join in this solidarity and > demonstrate > > a commitment towards the unregulated and open exchange of ideas that we > expect > > on the internet. > >> > >> Towards that end, I propose we shutter the OODT website at > > http://oodt.apache.org/ and replace every page accessible under that > domain with > > a singular white-text-on-black-background that conveys, without any > doubt, our > > commitment to an open, un-regulated, free-of-government control internet > that > > eschews the ideas of both SOPA and PIPA. > >> > >> I hope OODT will join in this protest. And, if it is at all possible, > ALL > > of apache.org will follow suit. The Internet is at a vital nexus point, > and we > > face an opportunity for change we dare not squander. > >> > >> Yours faithfully, > >> Sean. > >> > >> > >> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act > >> [2] http://edrn.me/S > >> [3] http://edrn.me/t > >> > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > > Senior Computer Scientist > > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > > Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 > > Email: [email protected] > > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department > > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > >
