Possibly we're not the stupidest country in the world, but we are trying hard.Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:31:02 +0100 (BST)
From: Alan Cox
To: alschair@usenix.org
Cc: editor@lwn.net, editors@newsforge.com, gnu@eff.org
I hereby tender my resignation to the Usenix ALS committee.
With the arrest of Dimitry Sklyarov it has become apparent that it is not safe for non US software engineers to visit the United States. While he was undoubtedly chosen for political reasons as a Russian is a good example for the US public the risk extends arbitarily further.
Usenix by its choice of a US location is encouraging other programmers, many from eastern european states hated by the US government to take the same risks. That is something I cannot morally be part of. Who will be the next conference speaker slammed into a US jail for years for committing no crime? Are usenix prepared to take the chance it will be their speakers ?
Until the DMCA mess is resolved I would urge all non US citizens to boycott conferences in the USA and all US conference bodies to hold their conferences elsehere.
I appreciate that this problem is not of Usenix making, but it must be addressed
Alan Cox This is reprinted from this newsforge story. Allan Cox (weblog) is the number two man in the linux world. If linux were a company, Linus would be chairman of the board and Alan Cox would be CEO, COO, and President all rolled into one. This is one seriously important guy. And now he's scared to come to the U.S. Great.
When will the matrix be ready? I'd like to reserve my upload time.
im feeling slightly more wobbly than the Gnome 1.0 panel implementation myself. must be the new p. diddy release on the way.
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When will the matrix be ready? I'd like to reserve my upload time.
- jim 7-20-2001 7:42 pm
im feeling slightly more wobbly than the Gnome 1.0 panel implementation myself. must be the new p. diddy release on the way.
- dave 7-20-2001 7:51 pm