Quote from: julz on October 05, 2012, 12:45:12 AM

Quote from: kjj on October 04, 2012, 05:15:08 PM

Quote from: BitBlitz on October 04, 2012, 03:13:23 PM

Wow. A bunch of angry nerds pushing a false dichotomy. If you don't completely support Bitcoin, you are Bitcoin's enemy.
Yeah, that is the attitude that will encourage the greater public to adopt Bitcoin.. Nice job boys!!

Well, in fairness, the EFF has a point that they need to avoid being their own test cases.

But... defending free use of technology by other people is kinda their whole reason for existing.

I don't think EFF is against Bitcoin. I think that for whatever reasons, they are not particularly interested in it at the moment (surprising given their statements on the importance of transparency/privacy regarding payment processors!) and/or they don't have the resources to get involved with it yet.

Their backing away from it does seem spineless to me - but that aside - it's the detrimental effect of their public and private statements upon uptake which is concerning. Bitcoin needs uptake from legitimate businesses/non-profits etc to balance out the common perception that it is mainly for 'black markets'.

Perhaps because the EFF doesn't see Bitcoin itself as particularly important, they simply haven't taken due care not to cause 'Chilling Effects'. Sad.

Like any organization, they have limited resources, and have to choose their battles. I hate to sound like I'm making excuses for them, but that doesn't change reality at all.

I'll be sending them a donation soon, along with a letter asking them to reconsider their public statement. I'd do it right now, but I need to figure out a polite way to say what I want to say.