thanks, i posted this to r/linux, my twitter and my mastodon. hopefully enough people will get involved to assist in this effort
On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 02:14:43 +0000 Pen-Yuan Hsing <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear libreplanet, > > Only a few precious days left, but I just saw the following post by > Drew DeVault titled "Help Chile write free software values, privacy, > and digital sovereignty into their constitution": > > https://drewdevault.com/2022/01/19/Help-Chile-promote-digital-freedoms.html > > Relevant quotes from the post: > > ---------- > > "The Chilean people voted overwhelmingly in favor (80% with a 50% > turnout) of rewriting the constitution, a constitutional convention > has been assembled, and a call has been made for the Chilean people > to re-define their country’s values. > > One of the answers to this call arrived in my inbox courtesy of Felix > Freeman, a Chilean hacker and activist for free software, free > culture, and free knowledge, who asked me to signal boost 'Propuestas > constitucionales para Chile en la era de la información', three > proposals to establish the following principles in the foundations of > Chilean law: > > Access to knowledge > Technological and digital sovereignty > Internet privacy > > Each of these proposals needs 15,000 Chilean signatures to be > proposed at the constitutional convention > > ... > > Opportunities like this one are vanishingly rare, and need to be > taken advantage of before they’re gone. The call for signatures ends > on February 1st — act fast!" > > ---------- > > Is the FSF aware of initiatives like this? > > Even if the proposals don't exactly use 100% of the FSF's language, I > agree with the linked post that this is an exceedingly rare > opportunity to institutionalise at least some free software values on > a national level, and is worth supporting. > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss -- Leah Rowe <[email protected]> Company Director & Libreboot developer Do you know you have rights? The right to privacy, free speech, the right to read and the right to learn. Defend freedom. Use free (free as in freedom) software. Spread freedom. Tell everyone you know about it! https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom. Registered in England, registration No. 9361826 VAT Registration No. GB202190462 Minifree Ltd, 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island Essex SS8 9QA, United Kingdom United Kingdom
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