[Parl-user] Dinner on Oct. 20th with Greens/EFA pilots and Debian developer Daniel Kahn Gillmor

[Jacques.Verraes at ec.europa.eu]

Thank you Max for the report, 

It is (very) good to read that awareness is there and that the EP is doing more than its share to promote free software. The "foreign policy implications" can be played out big, but it is likely to be a castaway in another policy file, and a chip that will be traded in ACTA like negotiation environments. 

What that signifies is that only a watchful eye will be able to detect it PLUS to denounce it, quick & effective access to public opinion is necessary to block attempts to dilute ('imprison') the "free" or "free software". 

I wish I'd been there

Best 

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From: Parl-user [mailto:parl-user-bounces+jacques.verraes=ec.europa.eu at lists.alioth.debian.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Kahn Gillmor
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Subject: Re: [Parl-user] Dinner on Oct. 20th with Greens/EFA pilots and Debian developer Daniel Kahn Gillmor

On Wed 2014-10-22 12:17:28 -0400, Max Andersson wrote:
> I would just like to say thank-you to all the participants for a very nice
> and interesting evening.
>
> Daniel Kahn Gillmor spoke briefly and then we had a wide-ranging and
> creative discussion. Among the topics discussed were internet security, the
> foreign policy implications of free software, transparency and the Rules of
> Procedure of the EU-parliament, a detailed explanation of how certificates
> work, and different ways of convincing people to support and use free
> software and encryption. We also had good time discussing long- and
> short-term strategies to transform the EU-parliament into a strong force
> for free software, a project that is probably going to take a while.
>
> In short, it was a very productive evening, a I certainly learned a lot.

[ Just getting caught up from the travels, sorry for the delay in
  replying here. ]

I also enjoyed the evening.  The discussion was good and wide-ranging,
and I was happy to meet everyone.  I look forward to further
collaboration, and finding more ways that we can advance the many goals
shared in common by the EU parliament and debian.

Regards,

        --dkg