MJ Ray schrieb:
Maybe the ones who would make statements don't know what to do about the IIPA and things like this?
Well... though you may be right, I would be thoroughly surprised seeing a (large-scale, by now?) software company like RedHat _not_ aware of those institutions. I mean, talking about Germany, everyone (even the small IT companies) know about BITKOM or the BSA, despite eventually disagreeing with what they do...
Maybe FSFE could encourage a new *liberal* creative industry association that mainly coordinates its members on things like this, without either trying to extract dues from its members or group them together into consortia? I don't see any way for companies to join FSFE on the website at the moment.
Not sure whether "one" institution (FSF? FSFE? ...?) seems a good idea here; I'd rather see many small forces joined together in some sort of network. Germany, in example, has the BIKT[1] as an association which seems in competition with BITKOM while aiming at collecting SMEs and promoting their positions and views (i.e. talking about software patents). Is this the only example?
Best, Kristian