On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 02:19:07PM +0200, Max Mehl wrote:
One of the FSFE's principles is to be non-partisan. That is easier said than done, because at the same time we don't want to generally leave positive (or negative) developments of political parties and actors uncommented.
However, asking our community to support a specific party because of a positive position towards Free Software will most probably cross the line. Therefore, I am afraid that we cannot follow your suggestion. But since we sensitise people about Free Software and the importance of publicly funded software to be public code, it is likely that they will also consider parties' positions on this topic during an election.
If people volunteered to review all the European party manifestos, we could publish an analysis of how good the various policy proposals are for software freedom and user empowerment as a guide for people who would like to factor this into their vote.
Cheers,