[Advocacy Advisors] Letter on digital security

[Juergen Fenn]

Am 19.05.2015 um 21:51 schrieb Stephen LaPorte <slaporte at wikimedia.org>:

> I wanted to let you know that the Wikimedia Foundation joined a letter to President Obama, asking him to reject legislation that would force companies to deliberately weaken the security of their products. The letter was organized thanks to TechFreedom, with a wide variety of co-signers with a stake in digital security. Strong encryption and security are fundamental for our work online, so this letter is worth supporting to ensure that users can read and speak freely on our projects.
> 
> The full letter is available online: http://docs.techfreedom.org/Encryption_Letter_to_Obama.pdf

Why is it that the WMF in this document is mentioned among "companies and trade associations" and not among the non-profit "civic society organisations"? 

Thx!

Regards,
Jürgen.