2009/6/20 Pia Waugh <greebo@pipka.org>
Hi all,

<quote who="Kevin Cole">

> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 16:07, R. Steven Rainwater <srainwater@ncc.com>wrote:
>
> > I just noticed that SFD 2009 is scheduled to occur on International Talk
> > Like a Pirate Day (19 Sep). Is that intentional, perhaps to raise the
> > topic of software piracy or something? Or was it just a coincidence? I'm
> > betting the SFD t-shirts and artwork this year have some sort of pirate
> > theme! :)

Perhaps we should look to the Pirate Party for advice?

http://www.piratpartiet.se/international/english

They got 7% of the vote in Sweden :)

Exactly my point; the pirate party oppose strong copyright, copyright extensions, DRM, and laws such as the DMCA. Most Free software supporters would agree with this.

They are also against patents, particularly pharmaceutical, business method and software patents, but they'd like to abolish all patents and make a sound argument for doing so.

They also support greater privacy and less surveillance.

There's nothing there that I disagree with.

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