Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
Free Software Foundation Europe press@fsfeurope.org writes:
- FSFE co-launches Open Parliament initiative
I've put more information in a blog entry: http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/ciaran_s_free_software_notes/the_open_parl...
I'm not entirely sure what to think of this petition, like in whether to sign or distribute it: On one hand, I'm in favor of free software and think its distribution and adoption in Europe would be a good thing.
On the other hand, I've never much liked the EU as a project, and I always opposed my own country's membership. A recent trip to visit the Parliament in Brussels did little to convince me of its fundamental democratic credentials (although I recognize some people there are doing good work, like apparently the Spanish parlamentarian David Hammerstein).
So, how can I sign or recommend the petition without fundamentally recognizing the Parliament, when actually I don't? This might actually limit the petition's potential appeal in many countries, at least in "Euro-sceptical" quarters (which in Denmark tend to be the left, and some nationalists - the pattern might be different in other countries).
br Carsten