Dear Michael, Thank you for clarifying. I put forth another email based on the expectation of the point you just made (so, thus, I am sorry for assuming you were speaking against the law and not in support of the license itself).
Sincerely, Jeffrey Peters aka Ottava Rima On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Michael Snow <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeffrey Peters wrote: > > Dear Michael, > > > > I find it problematic that you suggest that yourself or the Foundation > would > > speak out against this, when the law in question is about terminating the > > access to those who have been caught pirating material in violation of > set > > copyright multiple times. > > > Jeffrey, it seems the underlying article has confused you about the > relationship between the fundraising campaign and actual lawmaking. > That's not entirely your fault, since the writer threw in some filler > about the activity of an administrative agency, apparently because this > tangent gave him an opportunity to link to his previous reporting. > However, just because I would be willing to defend copyleft and support > Creative Commons, it doesn't mean I have taken any position about a > proposal, which is not yet law as far as I know, and apparently was not > pushed in a strategic plan produced by an Obama administration > executive, who is not an elected official and cannot legally accept > contributions, but happened to produce this plan a day before the > fundraising letter in question, which curiously does not say anything > about what I have just mentioned except the first part involving > copyleft and Creative Commons. I think the length of that sentence ought > to illustrate just how tenuous the connection is. > > --Michael Snow > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
