On 12/5/2010 12:10 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >>>>>> "Theo" == Theo de Raadt<dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> writes: > Theo> If you don't know why I am sending this mail.. you are reading US > Theo> managed news, and need to much much more informed.... > > If this is in reference to Wikileaks, it's because Paypal believes that > Wikileaks is involved in illegal activity, and to some degree, I agree > with them. (I believe a lot of the "diplomatic actions" we do in the US > are wrong, but two wrongs don't make a right.) > > Are you planning on having the OpenBSD development team perform some > sort of illegal activity soon? > > If not, you shouldn't be worried about Paypal. > > If it's not about Wikileaks, google searches don't show anything else > particularly interesting about Paypal recently, so I wonder what > triggered your message. > Hi,
The problem is with your statement "PayPal believes". PayPal is run by people. Those people have made an arbitrary decision. Sure, if the people that run WikiLeaks are CONVICTED of a crime, then, and only then they might be justified to pull WikiLeaks account. The next time, what are the PayPal people going to arbitrarily decide is "wrong". If some company actually used OpenBSD to make a baby mulching machine, would they cut off OpenBSD donations without anyone in OpenBSD being convicted of a crime? Perhaps they would even confiscate the money in OpenBSD's PayPal account. Per http://www.paypalsucks.com/, "...but someone pays you with a stolen credit card, your account (by PayPal's own admission) is immediately flagged as being "criminal behavior" and any money in that account is confiscated." PayPal does suck. I've been forced to try to use it from South America (when I live in Canada), and it won't let you! I had to take a bus for a day to get to the office to be able to hand them cash. Cheers, Steve
