On 08/02/16 12:19, Mirko Boehm wrote: > Hello, > >> On 08 Feb 2016, at 11:28, Daniel Pocock <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We constantly reach out to political parties, attend their meetings, give >>> workshops, talk with staffers, etc. >>> >> >> How does this group appear in relation to others? >> >> The main thing that caught my eye is that they are unified by an >> emphasis on democracy, despite the fact that many of the people involved >> have significant differences in other policy areas. Democracy is also >> something that is now heavily connected with digital freedom. In >> Richard Stallman's talk the other day, he was emphasizing software >> freedom should be considered as fundamental as the right to public >> assembly or the right to vote. > > I agree with your argument that groups aiming at improving democracy are > better served with free software. I would be rather careful with connecting > Richard’s statements with the demand for democracy in the EU. Mandatory > software freedom as he demands and democracy are not inherently connected. >
That statement could be written differently: enforced use of non-free technology (in voting machines, in schools, in communication with public bodies) is usually not compatible with a healthy democracy. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
