Hi Engagement team, In the US, there is about to be a vote around net neutrality, and I wanted to forward an email to this list that speaks to how the issue can affect GNOME and other FLOSS projects. As a reminder, the GNOME Foundation itself is a US-based non-profit.
The email below includes an article with ways you can take action for Net Neutrality even outside of the US (http://www.fsf.org/blogs/ community/take-action-for-net-neutrality). Please take a look. Should we promote this article on GNOME social media? It wouldn't be an official statement, but we could say something like "Read about how Net Neutrality might affect FLOSS projects like GNOME and how you can help [insert link to article]." Thoughts? Best, Nuritzi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Molly de Blanc <debl...@riseup.net> Date: Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 12:58 PM Subject: [Foundations] Net neutrality for FLOSS To: foundati...@lists.freedesktop.org Hi! With net neutrality in the United States being at such immediate risk, we (at the FSF) have been talking about the relationship between net neutrality and user freedom, free software projects, and organizations. A significant number of project contributors live in the United States.[1] That map is, admittedly, a little outdated, but it provides a powerful (IMO) visual that demonstrates the sheer volume of contributions that come out of the US. (Yeah, I know github isn't the best dataset to try and capture a full picture, but it's an easy one. :P) [1]: http://davidfischer.github.io/gdc2/#languages/All Especially looking at ISP offerings of limited internet services (i.e. lower user pricing for access to only certain websites/services) and paid fast lanes for those hosting, we're looking at a serious threat to people making their first contributions; starting, launching, and sharing projects; the ongoing and growing success of projects and web services; and our organizations as well. If you haven't already, I hope you'll think about reaching out to your members, communities, and people about the upcoming decision on whether the FCC will gut the Title II classification that is the closest thing we have to net neutrality protection in the US. While I'm not sending this email as a representative of the FSF, I did write this thing there[2], highlighting some of the actions people can take. [2]: http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/take-action-for-net-neutrality Cheers, M. _______________________________________________ foundations mailing list foundati...@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/foundations ............................................................ ................. *Nuritzi Sanchez* | +1.650.218.7388 | Endless <http://endlessm.com/>
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