25 Jan
2012
25 Jan
'12
5:57 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 05:49:10PM -0800, Mark Holmquist wrote:
since SCaLE (I think) uses a third party to publish these apps, consider that supporting companies who support nonfree software is just as bad as supporting 20th Century Fox, who supports the MPAA, who supports SOPA. (I don't mean this as a trump card, it's only an analogy).
By that rationale, I shouldn't go see movies?
But, all of this aside, there is *no reason* for the conference to worry about these steps now. There are simpler, more basic things that need to be settled first!
Like what? This is what I'm trying to get to, I don't actually understand what it is you ARE suggesting we do now.
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