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Posted to dev@oodt.apache.org by Sean Kelly <ke...@apache.org> on 2012/01/14 03:43:19 UTC
SOPA & PIPA for OODT and other 4-letter acronyms
Colleagues:
The Internet is a global resource and I'm thankful that the majority of our Apache and OODT users needn't put up with any of the shenanigans that the governments of Syria, Iran, and China employ routinely to throttle the free distribution of software, open exchange of ideas, and unmoderated dialog of critique deployed against their respective peoples.
Sadly, the United States of America is considering legislation [1], [2] in its dual legislative houses of government that is on par with these oppressive regimes[3]—all in a misguided attempt to stop piracy of both durable and logical goods.
While we are an international organization that freely distributes software beyond national borders, we've got to admit that the practices employed within the United States has global ramifications, especially since our software, being free and open source, enjoys a worldwide audience and runs the majority of the web's infrastructure.
Other efforts within the Apache Software Foundation have already stepped forward with visible, tangible displays of their commitment against the SOPA and PIPA acts currently under consideration by the USA House of Representatives and Senate, respectively.
Some of these efforts have elected to participate in an "internet strike" by displaying banners and/or "going dark" on the 18th of January, 2012.
I would strongly urge the Object Oriented Data Technology (OODT) project of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to join in this solidarity and demonstrate a commitment towards the unregulated and open exchange of ideas that we expect on the internet.
Towards that end, I propose we shutter the OODT website at http://oodt.apache.org/ and replace every page accessible under that domain with a singular white-text-on-black-background that conveys, without any doubt, our commitment to an open, un-regulated, free-of-government control internet that eschews the ideas of both SOPA and PIPA.
I hope OODT will join in this protest. And, if it is at all possible, ALL of apache.org will follow suit. The Internet is at a vital nexus point, and we face an opportunity for change we dare not squander.
Yours faithfully,
Sean.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act
[2] http://edrn.me/S
[3] http://edrn.me/t
Re: SOPA & PIPA for OODT and other 4-letter acronyms
Posted by Paul Vee <pa...@gmail.com>.
+1
Sent from my mobile device
On Jan 14, 2012, at 11:13 AM, Phillip Rhodes <mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Sean Kelly <ke...@apache.org> wrote:
>> Colleagues:
>>
> <snip>
>> Some of these efforts have elected to participate in an "internet strike" by displaying banners and/or "going dark" on the 18th of January, 2012.
>>
>> I would strongly urge the Object Oriented Data Technology (OODT) project of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to join in this solidarity and demonstrate a commitment towards the unregulated and open exchange of ideas that we expect on the internet.
>>
>> Towards that end, I propose we shutter the OODT website at http://oodt.apache.org/ and replace every page accessible under that domain with a singular white-text-on-black-background that conveys, without any doubt, our commitment to an open, un-regulated, free-of-government control internet that eschews the ideas of both SOPA and PIPA.
>>
>> I hope OODT will join in this protest. And, if it is at all possible, ALL of apache.org will follow suit. The Internet is at a vital nexus point, and we face an opportunity for change we dare not squander.
>
> +1 from me.
>
>
> Phil
Re: SOPA & PIPA for OODT and other 4-letter acronyms
Posted by Phillip Rhodes <mo...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Sean Kelly <ke...@apache.org> wrote:
> Colleagues:
>
<snip>
> Some of these efforts have elected to participate in an "internet strike" by displaying banners and/or "going dark" on the 18th of January, 2012.
>
> I would strongly urge the Object Oriented Data Technology (OODT) project of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to join in this solidarity and demonstrate a commitment towards the unregulated and open exchange of ideas that we expect on the internet.
>
> Towards that end, I propose we shutter the OODT website at http://oodt.apache.org/ and replace every page accessible under that domain with a singular white-text-on-black-background that conveys, without any doubt, our commitment to an open, un-regulated, free-of-government control internet that eschews the ideas of both SOPA and PIPA.
>
> I hope OODT will join in this protest. And, if it is at all possible, ALL of apache.org will follow suit. The Internet is at a vital nexus point, and we face an opportunity for change we dare not squander.
+1 from me.
Phil
Re: SOPA & PIPA for OODT and other 4-letter acronyms
Posted by Cameron Goodale <go...@apache.org>.
Sean,
You have my +1. We only have 4 days left if we are gonna do this. Do you
have any idea's how we can make the site updates needed?
I would imagine this would require majority support from the OODT PMC as
well.
-Cameron
On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Mark Struberg <st...@yahoo.de> wrote:
> basically +1
>
> we could do this with CSS tricks, to overlay a png applied to <body> with
> a 'black hole' graphic which gets a higher Z axis or kind of trick.
> We should not need to change each and every page if possible.
>
> LieGrue,
> strub
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" <ch...@jpl.nasa.gov>
> > To: "dev@oodt.apache.org" <de...@oodt.apache.org>
> > Cc: "members@apache.org" <me...@apache.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: SOPA & PIPA for OODT and other 4-letter acronyms
> >
> > +1 from me.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Chris
> >
> > On Jan 13, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Sean Kelly wrote:
> >
> >> Colleagues:
> >>
> >> The Internet is a global resource and I'm thankful that the majority of
> > our Apache and OODT users needn't put up with any of the shenanigans that
> > the governments of Syria, Iran, and China employ routinely to throttle
> the free
> > distribution of software, open exchange of ideas, and unmoderated dialog
> of
> > critique deployed against their respective peoples.
> >>
> >> Sadly, the United States of America is considering legislation [1],
> [2] in
> > its dual legislative houses of government that is on par with these
> oppressive
> > regimes[3]—all in a misguided attempt to stop piracy of both durable and
> logical
> > goods.
> >>
> >> While we are an international organization that freely distributes
> software
> > beyond national borders, we've got to admit that the practices employed
> > within the United States has global ramifications, especially since our
> > software, being free and open source, enjoys a worldwide audience and
> runs the
> > majority of the web's infrastructure.
> >>
> >> Other efforts within the Apache Software Foundation have already
> stepped
> > forward with visible, tangible displays of their commitment against the
> SOPA and
> > PIPA acts currently under consideration by the USA House of
> Representatives and
> > Senate, respectively.
> >>
> >> Some of these efforts have elected to participate in an "internet
> > strike" by displaying banners and/or "going dark" on the 18th of
> > January, 2012.
> >>
> >> I would strongly urge the Object Oriented Data Technology (OODT)
> project of
> > the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to join in this solidarity and
> demonstrate
> > a commitment towards the unregulated and open exchange of ideas that we
> expect
> > on the internet.
> >>
> >> Towards that end, I propose we shutter the OODT website at
> > http://oodt.apache.org/ and replace every page accessible under that
> domain with
> > a singular white-text-on-black-background that conveys, without any
> doubt, our
> > commitment to an open, un-regulated, free-of-government control internet
> that
> > eschews the ideas of both SOPA and PIPA.
> >>
> >> I hope OODT will join in this protest. And, if it is at all possible,
> ALL
> > of apache.org will follow suit. The Internet is at a vital nexus point,
> and we
> > face an opportunity for change we dare not squander.
> >>
> >> Yours faithfully,
> >> Sean.
> >>
> >>
> >> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act
> >> [2] http://edrn.me/S
> >> [3] http://edrn.me/t
> >>
> >
> >
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D.
> > Senior Computer Scientist
> > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
> > Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246
> > Email: chris.a.mattmann@nasa.gov
> > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department
> > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
>
Re: SOPA & PIPA for OODT and other 4-letter acronyms
Posted by Mark Struberg <st...@yahoo.de>.
basically +1
we could do this with CSS tricks, to overlay a png applied to <body> with a 'black hole' graphic which gets a higher Z axis or kind of trick.
We should not need to change each and every page if possible.
LieGrue,
strub
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" <ch...@jpl.nasa.gov>
> To: "dev@oodt.apache.org" <de...@oodt.apache.org>
> Cc: "members@apache.org" <me...@apache.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:57 AM
> Subject: Re: SOPA & PIPA for OODT and other 4-letter acronyms
>
> +1 from me.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> On Jan 13, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Sean Kelly wrote:
>
>> Colleagues:
>>
>> The Internet is a global resource and I'm thankful that the majority of
> our Apache and OODT users needn't put up with any of the shenanigans that
> the governments of Syria, Iran, and China employ routinely to throttle the free
> distribution of software, open exchange of ideas, and unmoderated dialog of
> critique deployed against their respective peoples.
>>
>> Sadly, the United States of America is considering legislation [1], [2] in
> its dual legislative houses of government that is on par with these oppressive
> regimes[3]—all in a misguided attempt to stop piracy of both durable and logical
> goods.
>>
>> While we are an international organization that freely distributes software
> beyond national borders, we've got to admit that the practices employed
> within the United States has global ramifications, especially since our
> software, being free and open source, enjoys a worldwide audience and runs the
> majority of the web's infrastructure.
>>
>> Other efforts within the Apache Software Foundation have already stepped
> forward with visible, tangible displays of their commitment against the SOPA and
> PIPA acts currently under consideration by the USA House of Representatives and
> Senate, respectively.
>>
>> Some of these efforts have elected to participate in an "internet
> strike" by displaying banners and/or "going dark" on the 18th of
> January, 2012.
>>
>> I would strongly urge the Object Oriented Data Technology (OODT) project of
> the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to join in this solidarity and demonstrate
> a commitment towards the unregulated and open exchange of ideas that we expect
> on the internet.
>>
>> Towards that end, I propose we shutter the OODT website at
> http://oodt.apache.org/ and replace every page accessible under that domain with
> a singular white-text-on-black-background that conveys, without any doubt, our
> commitment to an open, un-regulated, free-of-government control internet that
> eschews the ideas of both SOPA and PIPA.
>>
>> I hope OODT will join in this protest. And, if it is at all possible, ALL
> of apache.org will follow suit. The Internet is at a vital nexus point, and we
> face an opportunity for change we dare not squander.
>>
>> Yours faithfully,
>> Sean.
>>
>>
>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act
>> [2] http://edrn.me/S
>> [3] http://edrn.me/t
>>
>
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D.
> Senior Computer Scientist
> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246
> Email: chris.a.mattmann@nasa.gov
> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department
> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
Re: SOPA & PIPA for OODT and other 4-letter acronyms
Posted by "Ramirez, Paul M (388J)" <pa...@jpl.nasa.gov>.
+1
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 13, 2012, at 8:01 PM, "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" <ch...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
> +1 from me.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> On Jan 13, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Sean Kelly wrote:
>
>> Colleagues:
>>
>> The Internet is a global resource and I'm thankful that the majority of our Apache and OODT users needn't put up with any of the shenanigans that the governments of Syria, Iran, and China employ routinely to throttle the free distribution of software, open exchange of ideas, and unmoderated dialog of critique deployed against their respective peoples.
>>
>> Sadly, the United States of America is considering legislation [1], [2] in its dual legislative houses of government that is on par with these oppressive regimes[3]—all in a misguided attempt to stop piracy of both durable and logical goods.
>>
>> While we are an international organization that freely distributes software beyond national borders, we've got to admit that the practices employed within the United States has global ramifications, especially since our software, being free and open source, enjoys a worldwide audience and runs the majority of the web's infrastructure.
>>
>> Other efforts within the Apache Software Foundation have already stepped forward with visible, tangible displays of their commitment against the SOPA and PIPA acts currently under consideration by the USA House of Representatives and Senate, respectively.
>>
>> Some of these efforts have elected to participate in an "internet strike" by displaying banners and/or "going dark" on the 18th of January, 2012.
>>
>> I would strongly urge the Object Oriented Data Technology (OODT) project of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to join in this solidarity and demonstrate a commitment towards the unregulated and open exchange of ideas that we expect on the internet.
>>
>> Towards that end, I propose we shutter the OODT website at http://oodt.apache.org/ and replace every page accessible under that domain with a singular white-text-on-black-background that conveys, without any doubt, our commitment to an open, un-regulated, free-of-government control internet that eschews the ideas of both SOPA and PIPA.
>>
>> I hope OODT will join in this protest. And, if it is at all possible, ALL of apache.org will follow suit. The Internet is at a vital nexus point, and we face an opportunity for change we dare not squander.
>>
>> Yours faithfully,
>> Sean.
>>
>>
>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act
>> [2] http://edrn.me/S
>> [3] http://edrn.me/t
>>
>
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D.
> Senior Computer Scientist
> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246
> Email: chris.a.mattmann@nasa.gov
> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department
> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
Re: SOPA & PIPA for OODT and other 4-letter acronyms
Posted by "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" <ch...@jpl.nasa.gov>.
+1 from me.
Cheers,
Chris
On Jan 13, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Sean Kelly wrote:
> Colleagues:
>
> The Internet is a global resource and I'm thankful that the majority of our Apache and OODT users needn't put up with any of the shenanigans that the governments of Syria, Iran, and China employ routinely to throttle the free distribution of software, open exchange of ideas, and unmoderated dialog of critique deployed against their respective peoples.
>
> Sadly, the United States of America is considering legislation [1], [2] in its dual legislative houses of government that is on par with these oppressive regimes[3]—all in a misguided attempt to stop piracy of both durable and logical goods.
>
> While we are an international organization that freely distributes software beyond national borders, we've got to admit that the practices employed within the United States has global ramifications, especially since our software, being free and open source, enjoys a worldwide audience and runs the majority of the web's infrastructure.
>
> Other efforts within the Apache Software Foundation have already stepped forward with visible, tangible displays of their commitment against the SOPA and PIPA acts currently under consideration by the USA House of Representatives and Senate, respectively.
>
> Some of these efforts have elected to participate in an "internet strike" by displaying banners and/or "going dark" on the 18th of January, 2012.
>
> I would strongly urge the Object Oriented Data Technology (OODT) project of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to join in this solidarity and demonstrate a commitment towards the unregulated and open exchange of ideas that we expect on the internet.
>
> Towards that end, I propose we shutter the OODT website at http://oodt.apache.org/ and replace every page accessible under that domain with a singular white-text-on-black-background that conveys, without any doubt, our commitment to an open, un-regulated, free-of-government control internet that eschews the ideas of both SOPA and PIPA.
>
> I hope OODT will join in this protest. And, if it is at all possible, ALL of apache.org will follow suit. The Internet is at a vital nexus point, and we face an opportunity for change we dare not squander.
>
> Yours faithfully,
> Sean.
>
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act
> [2] http://edrn.me/S
> [3] http://edrn.me/t
>
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Chris Mattmann, Ph.D.
Senior Computer Scientist
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246
Email: chris.a.mattmann@nasa.gov
WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++