Sid Dabster wrote:
*** Proposal for a FLOSS/Linux Political Party ***
I suggest a Linux Party is formed to promote the idea of free software (and possibly related ideas).
I don't think that to create a linux party would be a wise thing particularly from the italian politics' point of view. In italy ( but I think it is not so different in other contries except in subtle facts) we now have two distingiushed parties: left and right. To create a new party would mean make it to side with the one or the other and let arise inauspicious consequences to the idea of free software. This would mean for several associations like FSFE and LUGs not to have the possibility to make pressure on the entire arch of politic parties. If we will create a party we'll only have the possibility to take advantage by pressing the party we're sided with. I think it will also configure a serious limitation on philosophic and thought freedom for the associations that have lots of different people who have different political ideas.
Vasco