On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro(a)gmail.com
wrote:
The *real* issue though, is that Wikimedia lives on
trust,depends on the integrity of the internet. All
intelligent kids moving onto black nets; tight beam
Line of Sight Only UV-beam connections, means
they are going be much and much less on the "free"
internet, editing Wikimedia projects.
People that would want to use ad-hoc line-of-sight links to avoid
monitoring are probably going to want to do that regardless of whether
CISPA is passed; if they mistrust the government to that degree, then
they're probably not going to believe they're *not* being monitored in any
case.
On the other hand, is the average Internet user likely to stop using and/or
contributing to Wikimedia projects because of CISPA? I would think not;
generally speaking, accessing Wikimedia projects is not something that
people wish to keep secret, particularly in the US.
So, regardless of how anyone might personally feel about CISPA: is there
any reason why Wikimedia *as a movement* should feel threatened by it?
Kirill