On Thu, 5 Jun 2014 17:58:22 +0200 Peter Murray-Rust <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm in Vienna at an OKFN hackathon. I've seen strong suggestions on > the Continent that UK is siding with US and letting Europe down. This can be confirmed from where I sit. One example. On seeing the Ottawa Statement [1] I've been trying to organise some people here to do something similar. You know, prominent academics and lawyers and friendly politicians and such. Getting a lot of sympathetic noises but very little real traction. It has been communicated to me privately that many people and organisations are afraid of saying anything publicly even if phrased in positive terms, i.e. "we believe that x...". Also, at least in the US there are prominent people who are willing to express dissent in public. Ditto for Canada which is otherwise nearly as bad. Viewed in this light, OKF leadership's refusal to commit is a little understandable. There is definitely a strong chill on dissent in this country at this time. Perhaps OKF should flee and redomicile to a better place where it wouldn't feel, as an organisation, so frightened to commit publicly. [1] https://openmedia.ca/statement
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