[A2k] French presidential elections and free software

[Hervé Le Crosnier]

	Good afternoon,

	The french movement for free software "APRIL" has
	written a long list of questions to all candidates
	to the french presidential election that will occur
	in ten days.

	Most of them (from the left side) have given a written answer.

	You can have a look to all questions and answers (in french)
	at : http://www.candidats.fr

	Questions have a very large spectrum, from patenting
	to education.

	I strongly recommend you the answers by José Bové, an
	"altermondialist" candidate, which where written by a
	team of specialists of free software in France. This can be
	considered as a political  program for the Free Software
	movement in France.
http://www.candidats.fr/documents/reponses-candidatsfr-jose-bove.pdf

	The answer by Dominique Voynet (Green party) is also of great
	interest. It considers the ecology of free software.
http://www.candidats.fr/documents/reponses-candidatsfr-dominique-voynet.pdf

	Michel Rocard, from socialist party, give a report about
	digital era, as advices to Segolène Royal. As an european
	deputy, Michel Rocard was the main actor of the battle against
	software patents.
http://sntic.parti-socialiste.fr/2007/04/05/vers-une-societe-de-la-connaiss=
ance-ouverte-rapport-de-michel-rocard-a-segolene-royal/


	This is very pleasant to see that free software and more largely
	the information society and digital culture are of
	importance that candidates to a presidential election
	have teams that can write answers to a very complete
	(and complex) questionnary. It's a very good sign, that
	surely will spread in others countries. Political programs
	now have slants of interest to the information society,
	and it's important news for the a2k activists.

Hervé Le Crosnier