Alan Cox,
I will appeal to you as a non-US programmer myself to reconsider your resignation.
There are more effective ways
we can bring Dmitry's ill-treatment to the attention of the public, and that is not
by losing one of the
greatest programmers on the face of the earth. To me this is a tragedy, what about
budding programmers like
myself, who still look up to guys like you after 10 years in IT.
I have been reading both your wife's and your internet diary for many months, and I
think this resignation
was not well thought out, if I may vouch my opinion, which was reached after going
through your very erudite
thought process on the interent.
Rob Hudson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said thusly on [20/07/01 at 17:14]:
> This makes for a pretty strong message...
>
> From: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Resignation from ALS, Skylarov affair...
> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:31:02 +0100 (BST)
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> I hereby tender my resignation to the Usenix ALS committee.
>
> With the arrest of Dimitry Sklyarov it has become apparent that it is
> not safe for non US software engineers to visit the United States.
> While he was undoubtedly chosen for political reasons as a Russian is
> a good example for the US public the risk extends arbitarily further.
>
> Usenix by its choice of a US location is encouraging other
> programmers, many from eastern european states hated by the US
> government to take the same risks. That is something I cannot morally
> be part of. Who will be the next conference speaker slammed into a US
> jail for years for committing no crime? Are usenix prepared to take
> the chance it will be their speakers ?
>
> Until the DMCA mess is resolved I would urge all non US citizens to
> boycott conferences in the USA and all US conference bodies to hold
> their conferences elsehere.
>
> I appreciate that this problem is not of Usenix making, but it must be
> addressed
>
> Alan Cox
>
>
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