[Wylug-discuss] Fwd: [FSF] Free Software Action Alert!

[hudsonjr at ntlworld.com]

The Greens have already signed up; have tried to contact other parties but no responses so far.

John

---- Tom Hall <thattommyhall at gmail.com> wrote: 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Peter Brown <peterb at fsf.org>
> Date: Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:22 PM
> Subject: [FSF] Free Software Action Alert!
> To: info-fsf at gnu.org
> 
> 
> Dear Free Software Supporter,
> 
> The upcoming European parliament elections give the free software
> movement an opportunity to educate the candidates to the importance of
> protecting free software from bad legislation involving software
> patents, interoperability and net neutrality.  The French free software
> association April has organized the Free Software Pact initiative, but
> they need your help. In particular, candidates in the UK need to be
> contacted immediately.
> 
> Mark Taylor, the coordinator for the Free Software Pact in the UK, said,
> "The current UK Government is embarrassingly behind the rest of Europe
> in formulating public policy on the use of free software. Across the
> rest of the continent we see significant adoption and political support
> for free software. The Free software Pact is therefore an ideal way to
> draw attention to the reform the UK public sector needs and the enormous
> cost savings yet to be realized. For too long the UK has been dependent
> on the relationship with proprietary software companies like Microsoft,
> who are hell-bent on keeping our politicians confused on this matter. If
> you care about this situation, and the resulting cost to our economy,
> society and political culture, please contact the MEP candidates in your
> region and ask them to sign the Free Software Pact."
> 
> Help the campaign now by visiting:
> http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Euro_Elections_2009 .
> 
> --
> Peter T. Brown
> Executive Director
> Free Software Foundation
> www.fsf.org www.gnu.org
> 
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