Re: [fsfc-discuss] Re-starting the FSFC

[John Loukidelis]

On May 15, 2006 at 12:11, Russell McOrmond wrote:

> As an example, while we don't have an EFF in Canada we do have
> Online Rights Canada (ORC), and CIPPIC.

And www.efc.ca

> We don't have an FSF or OSI, but we do have CLUEcan.ca

CLUEcan.ca does not appear to be registered charity. Is that correct?

> The missing piece is an advocacy group that specifically advocates 
> for the human rights-based approach to FLOSS that is advocated by the 
> Free Software part of the larger FLOSS movement.

That isn't the only missing piece. The FSF is a charity in the U.S.;
there does not appear to be a charity in Canada devoted to free
software. It would be useful to have one. I tried to establish a
charity here because I am not a programmer, but I would like to
contribute to free software (in a tax-effective manner if possible).

--
John