Linux Party [warning political]

[Jeroen Dekkers]

At Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:18:50 +0100,
Matthias Kirschner wrote:
> 
> * Chris. Grobmeier <grobmeier at neotecc.net> [2005-03-16 11:20:44 +0100]:
> 
> > I guess this would be a great idea. A political party is not exactly 
> > what we want (i know java but not how to care about how to increase 
> > common wealth)- but a organisation who talks directly to the politicans
> > and organizes political protest could be exactly what Free Software needs.
> 
> This organisation already exists :) The FSFE is doing this since the
> beginning. 
> 
> > If we would have an organisation (some kind of club, german word would 
> > be "verein") which focusses on poltic- great.
> 
> That's exactly why Fellowship [1] was started. Please read the
> announcement of the Fellowship [2]. The Fellowship is IMHO the best
> place for people who care about those issues.

Besides the FSFE, there also is the FFII (which is an associate
organisation of the FSFE). See http://www.ffii.org. You can also sign
up at http://aktiv.ffii.org. :-)

Jeroen Dekkers