[Facil] Fwd: [fsfc-discuss] Re-starting the FSFC

[Robin Millette]

Ça intéresse quelqu'un ici de participer à un "Free software
foundation Canada" ?

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From: Russell McOrmond <russell at flora.ca>
Date: May 15, 2006 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [fsfc-discuss] Re-starting the FSFC
To: fsfc-discuss at gnu.org


Note: I'm glad the conversation is continuing, even if extremely slow...

Reid Ellis wrote:
> It sounds like you want two separate entities. One to forward
> technological pursuits, and another to forward political pursuits.


   An interesting question is whether we need an FSF in Canada, or
whether there are aspects that are already being taken care of in other
groups?  Do we unite, or remain divided for those tasks?

   As an example, while we don't have an EFF in Canada we do have Online
Rights Canada (ORC), and CIPPIC.

   We don't have an FSF or OSI, but we do have CLUEcan.ca  (Note: I am
the policy coordinator there).   My personal alignment is with the Free
Software movement (for both practical and political reasons), I believe
it is useful to work with those who either align themselves with Open
Source or those who simply don't know or care about the differences.

   When it comes to software, I don't believe replicating the GNU
project in Canada makes sense.  We do need to have an organization that
can apply for grants and other such things, and coordinate getting
appropriate projects onto IRCan (the soon-to-be launched SourceForge for
the Government of Canada), but it doesn't have to be connected with the
FSF or the GNU project.  It can in fact be a project of CLUE.

   The missing piece is an advocacy group that specifically advocates
for the human rights-based approach to FLOSS that is advocated by the
Free Software part of the larger FLOSS movement.  We need a group
willing to talk to politicians not just about the engineering
proficiency,  scientific peer review, and cost reduction advocated by
the Open Source camp, but those who see the accountability and
transparency of software that runs on personal computers (the rules that
govern those computers) from a public policy/human rights perspective.


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