[OSM-talk] OSM downtime as protest against SOPA?

Matthias Meißer digi_c at arcor.de
Mon Jan 16 21:57:31 GMT 2012


Hi,

first of all, sorry for bringing political discussions to the community, 
as I always understand OSM as a political neutral space (we do creating 
maps, nothing else).
But some of you might noticed that _Wikipedia will make a downtime_ at 
Wednesday as a form of protest against the Stop Piracy Act (SOPA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOPA

As this law endangers the creation and exchange of free material, too 
('shutdown OSM/jamendo/.../ as it seems that they copied my property!'), 
I would like to ask, if we might support the wikipedia action?

I have no idea, if this could be technicaly done by the Admins, or what 
kind of protest (complete shutdown, serving demo tiles, locking 
database, ... a banner) would be accepted by the most of us. I just like 
to notify you, and maybe start a discussion.

thanks
Matthias
(user:!i!)



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