On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 02:57:39PM +0200, Branko Collin wrote: > > I noticed that <http://www.gimp.org> has gone 'black', in order to > protest European software patents. A noble cause, for sure, but > should this not have been announced at least, perhaps even debated? > Or did my trigger-happy, spam-seeking delete-finger erase that > message accidentally? > i am also wondering who comprises the people who can just make these decisions. i suggested for a very long time that we run the apache module that disallows micro$oft software (or similarly aliased software) for several months. some politics are fine, others arent? i did not run the web site like that. carol