[liberationtech] Call for Open Letter on Skype

[Alfredo Lopez]

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On 12/22/2012 02:02 PM, Uncle Zzzen wrote:
> +1 Best case scenario they still won't be open source, so what do
> we expect from them really, good intentions?
> 

You don't expect anything from Skype but such a letter would be a tool
toward raising consciousness among all kinds of organizations and
movements -- e.g. movements of people of color in the U.S. -- who
depend on Skype as a primary tool for conducting organizing and
political work. In fact, not only do the leaders of many of these
organizations use Skype, they would choose it over any FOSS alternative.

Letters like this may seem a waste of time because the company's not
listening but I think it's important to let people who use this thing
know what perspectives and attitudes drive its development.

May First/People Link would unquestionably be interested in signing on.

Abrazos,

Alfredo

> 
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Rich Kulawiec <rsk at gsp.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 12:23:30PM +0200, Nadim Kobeissi wrote:
>>> Isn't it time for an open letter regarding Skype?
>> 
>> No.
>> 
>> Not that I disagree with your concerns or anything like that: 
>> they're valid.
>> 
>> But because there is absolutely no reason to expect truthful and
>> complete answers from Skype.
>> 
>> In fact, there are many reasons to expect lies and incomplete
>> answers, because it's clearly in their self-interest to provide
>> them and because there are no negative consequences for them if
>> they do.
>> 
>> Thus no matter how well-phrased and well-intentioned such a
>> letter is, the best possible result (a response from Skype) is
>> still operationally useless, no matter what it says.
>> 
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