Dear all, many of you will already be aware of the upcoming global protest against two proposed United States laws, called SOPA and PIPA. As Wikimedia put it: "These bills endanger free speech both in the United States and abroad, setting a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the world." More background information on why this is a threat to free and open wiki sites is provided by Wikipedia [1].
Semantic MediaWiki is taking these matters most seriously, and will join Wikipedia and many other sites [2] in a global strike against these proposals. This means that content of semantic-mediawiki.org will not be available from tomorrow (Wed, Jan 18) morning to Thursday morning. If you are a US citizen, you may want to take direct action, e.g., using the Web forms that will be provided on striking sites. Best regards, Markus [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout [2] http://sopastrike.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel
