Re: [Fsfe-uk] Stalls at Marxism 2003

[Ramanan Selvaratnam]

> > I don't believe it would be appropriate for AFFS to have an official
> > presence at this event.
What would be considered as an official presence?

A desk with leaflets and energetic members willing to chat about the 
need for software freedom is all what would be needed in any party 
political convention.

I thought there was a special reason for attending Marxism 2003 ..... to 
highlight the hypocritical practices of the system admins of the SWP.

Maybe more information and  introductory leaflets stating our position 
as purely software freedom related is needed.
In fact there are other resources dedicated to marxist free software 
campaigners to avoid some of the common misunderstandings we might have 
experienced in the past (ie, point away for any party political animal 
who misses the point).

> > I don't have a problem if individuals want to promote free software
> > within their own political parties, but that's something which should
> > be done independently of AFFS.
> >    
>
> I think we should still help co-ordinate though. AFFS is here to help 
> people promote Free Software; leaving people on their own in certain
> situations seems a bit arbitrary.
>
> I do understand the point about being as 'political' (i.e., communist). 
> I rather suspect people would make up their mind anyway, to be honest.
>  
Agreed..... as a seperate issue to moral justifications people are not 
aware of the alternatives and how organised these alternatives can be.
They need to know of this, firsthand.

Best regards,

Ramanan