[Fsfe-ie] Re: [ox-en] Any feedback ? FROM recommendation to Brazilian WSIS delegates
Adam Moran
adam at diamat.org.uk
Wed Jan 14 01:44:04 CET 2004
Hi Stefan, Hi Mako, Hi List
James Heald wrote:
> Mary Harney has given a speech launching a brochure on
> Ireland's priorities for the Competitiveness council:
>
> http://dbs.corUntiUntitled
1tled1dis.lu/cgi-bin/srchidadb?CALLER=NHP_EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=EN_RCN_ID:21416
I'm reading through this document and making notes in preparation for
one task at hand, viz: [fsfe-ie] .v. Vapor European Software Patent
Legislation.
In the forward to this document Mary Harney writes:
"For the new Member States we wish to ease the way for successful
integration" p3 para 1
"European economic reform, as set out in the Lisbon Strategy, serves a
number of objectives. These include social inclusion ..." p3 para 4
As I read these fine words I remember similar ones from the Brazilian
government which I understand were delivered last month in Geneva at
WSIS [1] :
> That we support the initiative creating the 'Free Software Brazil Project'
> and the projects at state level as necessary intermediaries between the
> diverse actors in the Brazilian free software community: governments,
> universities, private initiatives, user groups, and free software developers.
>
> That free software is an integral part of the creation of a free, just,
> ethical, and inclusive society, in which people have the possibility of
> mutually helping one another in solidarity.
>
> That free software respects the need to preserve multilingualism and cultural
> and sexual identities in cyberspace.
>
> That the freedoms granted to the users of free software allow the possibility
> of them escaping from the simple role of consumers of technology to become
> active participants in a knowledge society.
>
> That the license policy of proprietary software is unsustainable for the
> economies of developing countries.
>
> That the model of free licenses represents an opportunity to reach an equality
> of rights in the technological field, shrinking the digital divide, and
> favouring users with fewer economic resources.
>
> That the development achieved by free software and the potential that it
> represents are a clear proof of its strategic function on the way to a
> knowledge and information society.
>
> That the training of people with free, just, ethical, and inclusive thought
> is fundamental for society, and free software is a great catalyst for such
> values. [2]
It seems to me that Mary should check out these folk and their ideas;
they could be of help in the wider task of social integration.
--
Adam
[1] World Summit of Information Society : For further details and
details of London feedback meeting 30-01-04
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-sheffield/2004-January/001143.html
[2] Part of an unnofical translation of "recommendation to Brazilian
WSIS delegates" by graham seaman (graham at seul.org).
http://www.oekonux.org/list-en/archive/msg01565.html
Graham writes: "Please excuse the literalness of the translation - I
tried to stay very close to the original" - I am told that the official
translators used a heavy filter.
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