[ox-en] recommendation to Brazilian WSIS delegates
- From: Graham Seaman <graham seul.org>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:00:41 -0500 (EST)
Thought this might be interesting (wrt Stefan's last post, see para 7, and
wrt to matter transmitters etc see point #14 ;-)
Graham
Please excuse the literalness of the translation - I tried to stay very
close to the original
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The participants of the 1ST INTERNATIONAL FREE SOFTWARE CONFERENCE - CONISLI,
meeting in the city of São Paulo, Brazil rom the 8th-9th November,
declare:
That the iniciatives of the Brazilian Federal Government, co-ordinated by
the 'Technical Committee for Free Software Implementation' for the e-government
have our full support.
These initiatives, endorsed by the decree of President Lula of the 29th October
2003, consolidate the e-government policy launched by the Minister for Home
Affairs ['Casa Civil'], José Dirceu, and constitute a milestone in the
development of a new, inclusive information society based on free knowledge.
That we give broad support to the initiative of the Brazilian National Congress
led by the President of the National Congress, Senator José Sarney, and
by the President of the House of Deputies, João Paulo Cunha, who organized the
'Week of Free Software in the Legislature'. We also support the creation of
the 'Joint Parliamentary Front for Free Software' (FRENSOFT), which includes,
to date, 135 deputies and 26 senators. The width and scale of FRENSOFT,
headed by Senator Serys Slhessarenko, is shown by the fact that it is the
only parliamentary front which has as honorary president the President of
the National Congress. This also reflects the feeling of national unity
in support of a new model which fights the digital divide and allows the
development of a national industry, free from the restrictive barriers imposed
by obscure proprietary licenses.
That we support the initiative creating the 'Free Software Brazil Project'
and the projects at state level as necessary intermediaries between the
diverse actors in the Brazilian free software community: governments,
universities, private initiatives, user groups, and free software developers.
That free software is an integral part of the creation of a free, just,
ethical, and inclusive society, in which people have the possibility of
mutually helping one another in solidarity.
That free software respects the need to preserve multilingualism and cultural
and sexual identities in cyberspace.
That the freedoms granted to the users of free software allow the possibility
of them escaping from the simple role of consumers of technology to become
active participants in a knowledge society.
That the license policy of proprietary software is unsustainable for the
economies of developing countries.
That the model of free licenses represents an opportunity to reach an equality
of rights in the technological field, shrinking the digital divide, and
favouring users with fewer economic resources.
That the development achieved by free software and the potential that it
represents are a clear proof of its strategic function on the way to a
knowledge and information society.
That the training of people with free, just, ethical, and inclusive thought
is fundamental for society, and free software is a great catalyst for such
values.
THEREFORE, we propose to the Brazilian Government, to civil society, to
the organizations of the third sector, and in particular, to our delegation
which will represent Brazil at the World Summit on the Information Society,
to take place in Geneva from 10-12 December, the following:
1. The composition of the delegation, as well as the position they take, must
necessarily reflect the undertakings which the Federal Ececutive Power,
National Congress, and Brazilian free software community have defended
publicly, in favour of freedom of knowledge and of free software;
2. That the Ministry of Foregin Affairs and the organizations of the Third
Sector seek to articulate and form a block of countries aligned with our
positions;
3. That Brazil, through its delegation, takes on the role of protagonist and
leader of this block, satisfying the expectations of the international free
software community;
4. To recognize, support and promote the advantages of development and use
of free software as an integral part of the building of a knowledge and
information society;
5. To create within the states the political conditions for research and
development which allow the appearance and adoption of measures favourable to
the free sharing of software, algorithms, formats, protocols and other
requirements of an information society which is sustainable and egalitarian;
6. To promote legislative norms which tend to create a new international
juridical paradigm which favours the development and use of free software.
In the building of this new context, there must not exist barriers to the
development of programs which respect the four constituent principles of
free software;
7. To give priority to free software in Education and Health to win
scientific training which has values which are ethical and show solidarity;
8. That free software guarantees a collaborative space, creating effective
action for the digital inclusion of women in the information society while
preserving respect for gender differences;
9. To guarantee the adoption of frameworks of public use which can be
implemented by free software in the network and public service infrastructures;
10. To make use of the advantages of free software in guaranteeing the
security, privacy, and permanence of information, in particular with respect
to critical infrastructure;
11. To guarantee the training of professionals for the support and development
of the information society, and in particular of free software;
12. To develop innovative mechanisms for the egalitarian inclusion of poor
and developing countries in the information society. Treaties of economic
cooperation and integration should be updated with this perspective.
13. That the Admininstrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) should be
aware of practices of unfair competition and 'dumping' carried out by
companies interested in maintaining the market share held until recently by
proprietary software in the Brazilian public sector;
14.To consider that the change of paradigm which includes the free software
movement is essentially cultural.
Unnofical translation by graham seaman (graham seul.org)
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