[Wikimedia-l] Facebook goes turncoat on the squash internet freedom battle.

of intellectual property. In effect this law is directed against file-sharers, not Cyber terrorism. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17730266 -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l

[Wikimedia-l] Update on the CISPA drafting process, and its significance to the Wikimedia movement.

is to pressure Obama to Veto the bill. He needs a win against Congress, and afte the SOPA affair this could well be his, He certainly could activate all the people who phoned in on the SOPA thing, if he wants to. -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on the CISPA drafting process, and its significance to the Wikimedia movement.

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Alec Meta alecm...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonav...@gmail.com wrote: There have been drastic changes to the CISPA language, (and here drastic is an understatement). ... At this point I think *any* action

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updated Terms of Use

Tell me what I am missing here. please. Do these new rules not mean Chinese internet users are violating our terms of service, if they evade Chinese state censorhip to view our content? -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] ___ Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updated Terms of Use

is unrealistic. It seems like it would be difficult to craft language to do that well. ~Nathan Would you like an opportunity to phrase that language in a sense that does not suggest Wikimedia is in support of laws that are anti-freedom? -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who invoked principle of least surprise for the image filter?

by a silly board resolution, and should be rescinded. -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Knowledge Fest this upcoming week

is something I cannot get you to see myself. -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

to that matter; there is enough evil nonsense already; idiots can put their tongues on frozen lamp posts... Fred Well, the new law is now being considered for application to block YouTube in Russia. Make of that, what you will. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19648808 -- -- Jussi-Ville

Re: [Wikimedia-l] (semi-OT) Open access catastrophic for Elsevier

publications are run by students. Another amusing example is The Economist current affairs magazine. I hear their contributors don't, as a rule, run to grey whiskers and tweed jackets. -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing

[Wikimedia-l] CleanIT; as usual, the most useful and comprehensively multifaceted examination is on Slashdot.

in wainscot-panelled rooms... IE, could just be trolling by the EU. -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Minutes of WMF Board: October 26-27, 2012, meeting

Doing a quick scan of the minutes, I would be interested to know what steps are planned to ameliorate the increased lack of transparency that will be necessarily follow from an increased number of decisions made without official resolution to record them? -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

The blog post was poignant. -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Editor retention (was Re: Big data benefits and limitations (relevance: WMF editor engagement, fundraising, and HR practices))

... -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l