On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:07:16 +1100, Ben Finney ben@benfinney.id.au wrote:
That why I suggested a Free Software Party originally, called the Linux Party, perhaps Free Software Party would be better even if less catchy.
I think naming the party after a single software program is even more silly than naming it after the name of a single corporation. Having "free" in the name seems a good step.
How about Digital Freedom party? (most of your issues are with restriction of freedoms in the digital sphere)
Free Culture party? (software is culture, and the issues you speak of affect culture more broadly than just software)
I like this idea. You need to spread the culture of Free software as well as the end product (Linux and GNU)
A good hook here would be campaigning against the kind of practices that Music companies employ to prevent our freedom (DMCA)
Thanks
~sm