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Engage with government - or ignore it?Engage with government - or ignore it?Posted Aug 15, 2002 8:14 UTC (Thu) by miketa (guest, #1660)Parent article: Engage with government - or ignore it? Am I missing something here? Although the two views on how to proceed differ, I can't really see any problem with following both approaches at once. I guess the only confict could be the pressure-the-government protagonists arguing that write-the-code people antagonise further the proponents of the DCMA and its ilk - but that's the case already. Lobbying should have some effect, even if it is only a bit, and might get mainstream publicity - in the last resort it probably works as a delaying tactic. Meanwhile, get that code written and in place, and hope that enough people realise the costs that will hit them as and when any legislation goes through.
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Engage with government - or ignore it? Posted Aug 15, 2002 12:27 UTC (Thu) by orange (guest, #3275) [Link] Perfect reply - there should be no reason why we can't do both. My coding ability sucks (at least in the low level languages and systems environments where Open Source rocks), but I've spent some time in Parliament and I have an inkling of how things work there, so my time could be valuable for the Free Software Movement if I try things there.By the same token, if I can't show them the software already working, then I sound like a radical with pie in the sky ideas and ideals. We need both sides to win the war... --Orange PS. can't wait to subscribe!
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