Apologies.<div><br></div><div>If we use Twitter to organise, copyleft for our output, netwar concepts to take action, or campaign on net neutrality, IP law etc, do we fit the remit of the electron club? (I count myself as a member.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Concepts of "free" are deeply political. FOSS is deeply political, mapping is deeply political. Is the Electron Club only for "practical", ie. instrumental projects? If you ignore the politics of what you are doing I worry you will be taken for a ride at some point.</div>
<div><br></div><div>(remember the CCA is in line for cuts, the Electron Club is the Big Society in action etc etc.)</div><div><br></div><div>Apologies again, I won't post again if that seems to be the desire of the community.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Tom<div><div></div></div></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 November 2010 20:13, Ben Dembroski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben@dembroski.net">ben@dembroski.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I'd tend to agree that the original email is off-topic for this list.<br>
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However, the event is being hosted at the CCA, so I'd give this one the<br>
benefit of the doubt.<br>
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2p.<br>
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On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 18:54 +0000, James Beeley wrote:<br>
> I agree with Gordon. The discussions about potential free broadband,<br>
> funky moving underpass lights, George Square Christmas lighting<br>
> hardware, etc. have been interesting and welcome. However protests about<br>
> cuts have no place on the EC mailing list. If people wish to protest<br>
> peacefully, by all means do so, but don't spam up the EC mailing list<br>
> with this stuff.<br>
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> Jim<br>
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> On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 18:02 +0000, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:<br>
> > On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 15:28 +0000, Thomas Coles wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > <snip><br>
> ><br>
> > Take the politics somewhere else, please.<br>
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> > Gordon MM0YEQ<br>
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