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

[Valérie Dagrain]

Oui!

Robin Millette a écrit :
> Ça intéresse quelqu'un ici de participer à un "Free software
> foundation Canada" ?
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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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