All, Proposal: 1. Let's vote on supporting those who have protested the proposed US bills supposed to combat piracy but actually doing a lot more than that and none of it good. These two proposals: SOPA and PIPA. Wikipedia has a fair account: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act
2. I would propose we post on the Apache OpenOffice podling site this language, for remainder of the day, to be taken down at the onset of 19 January 2012 GMT. ** The Apache OpenOffice Podling members support those who have darkened their Web sites as a unified gesture to protect the freedoms of the Internet and stop misguided legislation that would threaten them. ** I would propose further that we have the text white on a black banner at the top of every podling page. Please vote as soon as you can, as obviously time is of the essence. thanks louis PS I'm cc'ing the ASF marketing and publicity list. Quite possible that Apache will say no, if so, that's fine. Better we act as a body together. But I would also suggest that ASF take the lead here and issue a statement, if they have not done so already.
