[pp.int.general] Why Free Software misses the point

[Boris Turovskiy]

Ahoi,
while a nice flamewar has been happening on this ML, the PPDE's General 
Assembly which held a meeting this weekend decided on including a 
chapter on free software in our policy statement.
I'll translate it in the future , a short overview is that we now have 
two independent chapters, one focusing on copyright and non-commercial 
copying and the other explicitly regarding free software. In that new 
chapter we state (roughly) that we support the use of free software and 
open standards for the sake of independence from industrial corporations 
and the protection of the citizens' freedoms and privacy.
I'm quite happy with that, because on one hand we now have a definite 
statement on endorsement and support of free software, while on the 
other hand our focus when talking about a reform of copyright remains on 
the aspects of allowing private and non-commercial copying.

Best regards,
Boris