Announcement from www.kubuntu.de

[Derek Broughton]

dasunst3r wrote:

> 
> It took a while for me to come up with this response:
> 
> This act does look a bit like blackmail, but in an act of desperation,
> I can't condemn because I do not know what -I- would do when placed
> under this circumstance.
> 
> 
> 
> This could have been preventable by proper management (ex: Distribute
> exclusively by BitTorrent, place announcements saying "HELP!  We can't
> hold on for too long!" or something along those lines).

I'm sure better communication on both sides would help, but without the
slightest clue whether the kubuntu.de folks are in the right, I support
them 100%.  "Strike" is certainly the right term.  You can't be extorting
or blackmailing somebody for refusing to do something that nobody has a
write to expect of you in the first place.
-- 
derek