Re: [Gimp-developer] software patent protest?

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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


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