[FSFLA] We need FSFLA again!

[willi uebelherr]

Dear Daniel, dear friends,

in all FSF-regions, we have many specific problems and many common 
problems. I don't think that the solution for that is more visiting 
together. It can be helpful in some situations.

FSFla is for me the most open and free environment for a real discussion 
about telecommunication and dataprocessing. The most strong reduced 
environment ist FSFeu, directly followed from FSFde.

Maybe, we have here the same colonialisation like before 500 years. 
Latin Amerika, together with Africa and Oceanien need their own basics 
for orientation.

Some friends in FSFla, like Quiliro, know, that for me the hardware stay 
in the forefront, not the software. The software action space is defined 
from the hardware. The only way to be able to act independently is to 
define the hardware itself. I know that this is an enormous challenge. 
And even Richard Stallman has rejected this as impossible, although he 
has no idea about hardware.

We don't have to do everything at once. And we are not few who want to 
go this way.

A good example is the design principles of telecommunications. Many call 
it InterNet. But, an Internet cannot exist if there are no local 
networks. We can call it InterStar system, that works.

The actors for the transport of digital data in packet form wanted an 
Internet, the actors of private and governmental entities wanted a 
system that is completely in private hands. This is not possible in an 
InterNet, because the local networks are the constituent elements.

And we find these fundamental conflicts of interest in many areas. 
Consider the universities in Latin America. The interest of the students 
is to be able to study. The interest of the state actors is to train 
slaves for the international corporations. There can never be a 
compromise here.

And we will also see in Chile how massively the oligarchs erect their 
blockades in many places. They still have the material power to do so.

many greetings, willi
Asuncion, Paraguay


Am 24.01.2022 um 20:23 schrieb Daniel Pocock:
> ...
> 
> I was going to reply directly to Kaio
> 
> Nonetheless, I saw your reply.  Your reply and my reply have a lot in
> common.
> 
> I've made many trips to Latin America and when it is practical to do so,
> I genuinely hope to make more visits.  That is the best kind of activity.
> 
> So many of the problems in the free software world occur because people
> do not meet each other and do not talk to each other.
> 
> Regards,
> Daniel