[FFmpeg-devel] [META] Down with plaintext email policies

["Fredrick R. Brennan" <copypaste@kittens.ph>]

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In general, unless a listserv, such as ffmpeg's, requires it, I only 
send HTML email. Please do not request plaintext personal email from me 
without a very good reason to do so. I do this as very few free software 
folks of any competence in our community insist on it. HTML email:

  *      allows for certain W3C standard certain accessibility features;
  *      certain global scripts to be interchanged; and
  *      allows Deaf people to interchange embedded video and SignWriting.

Plain email policies may have been relevant during the earlier days of 
the Internet, where simplicity was valued over accessibility or 
usability. But the technology landscape has evolved. And let us not 
assume that in allowing HTML email we must allow remote content, or even 
embedded eccentric furry signatures like my default attachment. 
Filtering is more than OK, it's essential on a listserv.

Maintaining the æsthetic of plaintext email is not worth the effort. I 
hope you will consider joining me in relaxing policies forbidding HTML 
email, perhaps starting discussions in listservs with outdated policies. 
If my emails annoy you, consider contributing to the email software you 
use to strengthen its ability to handle HTML email.

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Best,
Fred Brennan|
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|[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]]|
|[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
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GnuPG: |98F2 8F76 7470 129F BE3B 054C E215 4DD1 A1C7 7B8B|
Twitter: @fr_brennan
Personal website <https://ctrlcctrlv.github.io/>


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