<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>Personally i was not very impressed by the German pirate party. In any case there are more policies to consider and not only free software in choosing whom to vote for.</div><div><br></div><div id="sig65218208"><div class="signature">-- </div><div class="signature"> Karun </div><div class="signature"> kdambiec@fsfe.org</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Mon, 13 May 2019, at 8:04 PM, Max Mehl wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt"><div>Hi Fabio,<br></div><div><br></div><div>~ Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) - lists [2019-05-12 19:44 +0200]:<br></div><div>> i'm supporting Pirate Party (in Italy) for EU Election, i'm a strong<br></div><div>> free software advocate, and in the common european pirate party program<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> (the same program in 9 EU states), there's a clear commitment on Free<br></div><div>> Software and the use/production of Free Software by Public<br></div><div>> Administration (100% in line with the campaign public code, public<br></div><div>> money).<br></div><div><br></div><div>That reads good, thanks for the pointer! It is motivating to see that<br></div><div>more and more parties and decision-makers are picking up our goals and<br></div><div>arguments for Public Money, Public Code and Free Software in general.<br></div><div><br></div><div>> I would love to see FSFE to support that point of the program of PP<br></div><div>> publicly, calling for all free software communities across europe to<br></div><div>> support that trough their own communities.<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> https://wiki.ppeu.net/doku.php?id=programme:ceep2019#free_software<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> Is that something that has been considered?<br></div><div><br></div><div>One of the FSFE's principles is to be non-partisan. That is easier said<br></div><div>than done, because at the same time we don't want to generally leave<br></div><div>positive (or negative) developments of political parties and actors<br></div><div>uncommented.<br></div><div><br></div><div>However, asking our community to support a specific party because of a<br></div><div>positive position towards Free Software will most probably cross the<br></div><div>line. Therefore, I am afraid that we cannot follow your suggestion. But<br></div><div>since we sensitise people about Free Software and the importance of<br></div><div>publicly funded software to be public code, it is likely that they will<br></div><div>also consider parties' positions on this topic during an election.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,<br></div><div>Max<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>PS: For similar requests, we recommend contacting us directly using<br></div><div>contact@fsfe.org. That makes it easy to distribute your request directly<br></div><div>to the people who know most about a specific topic.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Max Mehl - Programme Manager - Free Software Foundation Europe<br></div><div>Contact and information: https://fsfe.org/about/mehl | @mxmehl<br></div><div>Become a supporter of software freedom: https://fsfe.org/join<br></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>Discussion mailing list<br></div><div>Discussion@lists.fsfe.org<br></div><div>https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion<br></div><div><br></div><div>This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All<br></div><div>participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other:<br></div><div>https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>