RE: [PHP] The Cat Signal

Hi, I have been out of the loop and just did some quick skimming of SOPA/PIPA to see what all the fuss was about. PIPA seems a little vague, but SOPA seems pretty straight forward, stop piracy of copyrighted materials. I don't understand what is wrong with that? Thanks, Jeff Burcher - IT Dept Allred Metal Stamping PO Box 2566 High Point, NC 27261 (336)886-5221 x229 jeff@allredmetal.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Kris Craig [mailto:kris.craig@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:02 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] The Cat Signal > > Hey guys, > > I just became aware of this: > > http://internetdefenseleague.org/ > > > It's a site setup by Mozilla, Reddit, and others to defend internet freedom in > the wake of recent legislative events in the U.S. and elsewhere (full > members list here: > http://www.internetdefenseleague.org/members). > > They've setup what they're calling the "cat signal," an invisible bit of > embeddable code you can put in your website that will activate (and display > the afore-mentioned signal/link/etc) if/when the next SOPA/PIPA/etc > comes along that threatens the open internet. > > I'd like to propose that we integrate this into the PHP website. This issue > directly affects our community and we already staked a claim in this fight > when we participated in the last great blackout. > > In addition, I'd also l ike to propose that we officially join this group as a > member. I'm not sure if we'd do this by vote or something similar to the RFC > process & etc, but if you'll grant me permission, I'd be happy to do the > legwork on this myself (make the HTML edits, contact the organization on > PHP's behalf, etc). > > > Thoughts? > > --Kris