[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Revert "Remove battleforthenet widget"

wm4 nfxjfg at googlemail.com
Wed Feb 28 22:17:58 EET 2018


On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 21:00:27 +0100
Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 07:17:25PM +0000, Ricardo Constantino wrote:
> > On 28 February 2018 at 19:13, Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
> > wrote:
> >   
> > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 06:28:44PM +0000, Ricardo Constantino wrote:  
> > > > On 28 February 2018 at 17:17, Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >  
> > > > > The widget has new content.
> > > > >  
> > > >  
> > >  
> > > > Does it shut itself up when the time's passed now?  
> > >
> > > we can disable it manually easily if it does not
> > >
> > >  
> > > > Or check if the visitor's IP isn't from USA?  
> > >
> > > that is not always possible nor is the IP of the computer
> > > neccessarily from the same contry as the nationality of
> > > the human using the computer.
> > >
> > > Raising a bit awareness about this even if it does not YET affect
> > > people outside the USA doesnt seem to be that bad to me.
> > > Because if net neutrality falls in the US, others will
> > > (try to) copy it. The EU has a history of copying dumb decissions
> > > even if they where corrected already from the US ... id like to
> > > put a smily here but its just not funny from my point of view
> > > from the EU ...
> > >  
> > 
> > That still doesn't fix the issue that non-US people can't affect it or do
> > any action other than tell about it on social media, which worked well
> > enough for the US election.  
> 
> yes, if you have a better idea, the place to discuss this would be someplace
> related to the widget. Maybe a issue on its github page
> 
> Discussing this here wont help many no matter what the outcome

If they don't listen to our requests, but you insist on using their
code, then I can't accept this patch.


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