Philipp Wollschlegel skrev:
The real question is as to how we let the FSFe gain so much weight, that it is considered an important source of information / opinion by the governments and politicians of these lands.
When law is created the goverment usually sends out a proposal letting trade organizations state their opinion on the peoposed law. Anyone can send in their opinion - but the larger the orgnaization, the more power it has, the more it can influence the decision making process.
FSF shopuld be one of these organisatiosn that are asked about anything concerning IT. To get there one need to be considered a player, a respectable member of the society.
A large membership gain respectability. And it also solves the money problem. Without money one can't lobby the politicians.
But it is also good with a good front-figure. An extrovert outspoken person which the media loves.
Remember FSF has a good message to spread but unless media writes about it - it will never get known by common people.
Personal contact with politicians is also a good way to get them involved. Like my getting invited to attend a gathering with one large swedish political party on monday with a former minister of communication. I hope to be able to bring up open source then.
Anders "I don't want to be a leader" Lindbäck
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Anders Lindbäck wrote:
Personal contact with politicians is also a good way to get them involved. Like my getting invited to attend a gathering with one large swedish political party on monday with a former minister of communication. I hope to be able to bring up open source then.
If possible, please also bring up free software.
Anders "I don't want to be a leader" Lindbäck
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The real question is as to how we let the FSFe gain so much weight, that it is considered an important source of information / opinion by the governments and politicians of these lands.
There's a very good movement in the UK, called "Adopt an MP" (can't remember the link off-hand, but there is certainly a link on Alan Cox's homepage, http://www.linux.org.uk/ ). Citizens 'adopt' their local member of parliament, and make sure than they are aware of all the fact surrounding encryption, software patents, etc. It's basically a multi-faceted lobby group, and it seems to be making at least some impact. Maybe that's the answer - address the individual politicians via their constituents, rather than via lobby groups.
Cheers,
Alex.
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 08:07:12PM -0000, Alex Hudson wrote:
There's a very good movement in the UK, called "Adopt an MP" (can't remember the link off-hand, but there is certainly a link on Alan Cox's homepage, http://www.linux.org.uk/ ).
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group, and it seems to be making at least some impact. Maybe that's the
It's www.stand.org.uk, and we lost against the RIP bill in spite of it.
Tim. */
There's a very good movement in the UK, called "Adopt an MP" (can't
remember
the link off-hand, but there is certainly a link on Alan Cox's homepage, http://www.linux.org.uk/ ).
[...]
group, and it seems to be making at least some impact. Maybe that's the
It's www.stand.org.uk, and we lost against the RIP bill in spite of it.
I think we lost against RIP more because of lined whips - most people were agreed that RIP should have been case law, rather than parliamentary act. I'd still rather have STAND than not have it.
Cheers,
Alex.