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Re: [LUG] [OT] Libertarianism - was "Watching the results trickle in ..."

 

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:31:45AM +0100, Ralph Smithen wrote:
> 2009/6/15 M.Blackmore <mblackmore@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > Bad news for Open Source anyway is the final outcome, alas.
> >
> > Unless they are libertarians which I doubt. National Socialist racist
> > naziphiles in the main so will bend over for corporations and hand them
> > the vaseline in other words.
> >
> 
> Just in case there are any others interested in libertarianism (which
> seems probable for FLOSS fans), I'd like to advertise a political
> party that was founded just a year and a half ago: the Libertarian
> Party UK.
> 
> http://lpuk.org
> 
> They didn't participate in the EU elections, as they favour British
> sovereignty, but would be my only choice in our elections. Please take
> a moment to check their manifesto out - the political party for
> freedom advocates :)

If we’re talking about FLOSS-friendly parties, I should point out that
the Green Party is in favour of making it impossible to patent software,
making ‘the voluntary use of the open source model, not just for
software’ easier, and making all published material created in the
public sector available in open standard formats, among other things.

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