Delcaration of Intent

Jrand0m,

I appreciate the fact you have the foresight not to delay the release of
0.1. I look forward to this debate at a later date.

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From: <auto97841-revL73yDgGBWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 8:04 AM
Subject: [iip-dev] Delcaration of Intent


> 'lo y'all
>
> I understand what you are both saying, but I think there's still a
misunderstanding.
>  The point of including a declaration of intent in a project overview
> document is not to promote or explain what the personal motivations of
> any particular developers building the system are.  It is to give
grounding
> for where the project is headed - to declare that the project will not
> stop short of providing anonymous, secure, and uncensorable communication
> to those who are under attack by the governments and corporations of
> the world.  That individuals are under attack from those organizations
> is an undisputed fact (though some may say thats ok, because the
individuals
> under attack are "bad" people).  Even if one is in denial that such
terrible
> things are going on in one's own community, don't we all acknowledge
> that they go on elsewhere - in Iran, China, the Philipines, or what have
> you?
>
> Anyway, in order to not hold up the 0.1 release debating this, I've
revised
> the doc pulling the first page out and updating the project overview
> accordingly.  We will need to have a declaration of intent - or project
> goals if you prefer - before the I2P 1.0alpha release in september.
> Bundling a dozen "why *I* work on I2P" documents with releases isn't
> appropriate - no one cares why I develop for I2P as long as my efforst
> move it towards the project's goals.
>
> So, here's the hopefully final doc.  Please review fully (I know, getting
> a 3 page reading assignment on the weekend sucks ;), as I'd like to have
> the release out tomorrow.
>
> Gracias
> -jrandom
>