On 08/02/16 09:27, Matthias Kirschner wrote:
- Daniel Pocock daniel@pocock.pro [2016-02-05 14:22:03 +0100]:
Is anybody in FSFE reaching out to any of these groups - anywhere in the political spectrum - to see if there are areas for collaboration?
We constantly reach out to political parties, attend their meetings, give workshops, talk with staffers, etc.
How does this group appear in relation to others?
The main thing that caught my eye is that they are unified by an emphasis on democracy, despite the fact that many of the people involved have significant differences in other policy areas. Democracy is also something that is now heavily connected with digital freedom. In Richard Stallman's talk the other day, he was emphasizing software freedom should be considered as fundamental as the right to public assembly or the right to vote.
Has there been any effort to survey or catalog free software use in such groups, parties, lobbying organizations and see how it evolves over time? Some are notoriously bad at it, having something to compare them against could be helpful.
Has there been any follow-up after the efforts around the last European elections?
Yes. For example we informed the MEPs about our DSM comments: https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160118-01.en.html
One result is also: https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160128-01.en.html
Before FOSDEM we had a meeting with EU Free Software groups who work on Policy issues to make sure we share more knowledge in future: https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160205-01.en.html
Thanks for this feedback. It is good to see that some high level progress is taking place.
Regards,
Daniel