[free-sklyarov] List of Demands

[Jon Callas]

At 4:57 PM -0700 7/19/01, Michael C. Smith wrote:

>I concur. The purpose of a demonstration is to publicize your cause;
>trying to intimidate Adobe into meeting your demands with a demonstration
>is pointless. However, as awareness grows, they'll eventually realize
>that they made a boneheaded move from a PR standpoint. Hopefully other
>companies will learn from Adobe's mistake and not be so heavy handed
>when they get egg on their faces.
>

I thought the demand is the name of the mailing list: Free Sklyarov.
Nothing more, nothing less.

Remember, focus. I'll go back to what I said in my last posting. The issue
that matters is how Sklyarov is being treated, it's not Adobe. Here's an
analogy: suppose a neighbor of yours is having a loud party. Suppose that
another neighbor calls the cops on the loud party. Suppose the cops burst
in with night sticks, cracking heads and hauling people to jail.

I can understand being peeved with the neighbor who called the cops
(especially if you were at the party). But the real complaint is with the
cops escalating a complaint into an incident. The objective is to get your
friends out of jail. Don't misguidedly start telling your neighbor what a
horrid person they are, if what you want them to do is to drop their
complaint. It's counter-productive.

	Jon