Hi, I have been out of the loop and just did some quick skimming of SOPA/PIPA to see what all the fuss was about. PIPA seems a little vague, but SOPA seems pretty straight forward, stop piracy of copyrighted materials. I don't understand what is wrong with that? Thanks, Jeff Burcher - IT Dept Allred Metal Stamping PO Box 2566 High Point, NC 27261 (336)886-5221 x229 jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -----Original Message----- > From: Kris Craig [mailto:kris.craig@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 3:40 PM > To: Ferenc Kovacs > Cc: Daniel Brown; php-webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PHP-WEBMASTER] Re: [PHP] The Cat Signal > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > 2012.07.19. 20:21, "Daniel Brown" <danbrown@xxxxxxx> ezt írta: > > > > > > > > Forwarding to php-webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, as it's not a > > > "general user" issue where it pertains to php.net. > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Kris Craig <kris.craig@xxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > Hey guys, > > > > > > > > I just became aware of this: > > > > > > > > http://internetdefenseleague.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > It's a site setup by Mozilla, Reddit, and others to defend > > > > internet > > freedom > > > > in the wake of recent legislative events in the U.S. and elsewhere > > (full > > > > members list here: > http://www.internetdefenseleague.org/members). > > > > > > > > They've setup what they're calling the "cat signal," an invisible > > > > bit > > of > > > > embeddable code you can put in your website that will activate > > > > (and > > display > > > > the afore-mentioned signal/link/etc) if/when the next > > > > SOPA/PIPA/etc > > comes > > > > along that threatens the open internet. > > > > > > > > I'd like to propose that we integrate this into the PHP website. > > > > This issue directly affects our community and we already staked a > > > > claim in > > this > > > > fight when we participated in the last great blackout. > > > > > > > > In addition, I'd also l ike to propose that we officially join > > > > this > > group > > > > as a member. I'm not sure if we'd do this by vote or something > > similar to > > > > the RFC process & etc, but if you'll grant me permission, I'd be > > > > happy > > to > > > > do the legwork on this myself (make the HTML edits, contact the > > > > organization on PHP's behalf, etc). > > > > > > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > --Kris > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > </Daniel P. Brown> > > > Network Infrastructure Manager > > > http://www.php.net/ > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Webmaster List Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To > > > unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > Btw. we were asked by the to join the league as we were a big traffic > > source on the black out day. > > I don't know if Rasmus is on the webmaster list or not, but we should > > cc him, as he was the driving force behind us joining the anti SOPA > movement. > > > I heard back from the webmaster saying that we're already participating with > the cat signal on our website. Given this and no objections, I went ahead and > contacted them and asked that they list us on their participating members > page. > > --Kris -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
