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83 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<html>
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<version>1</version>
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<head>
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<title>Example Questions for Election</title>
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</head>
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<body>
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<p id="category"><a href="/activities/elections/askyourcandidates/askyourcandidates.html">Ask your candidates</a></p>
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<h1>Example Questions from Germany</h1>
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<p class="question">
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<strong>1.a.</strong>Do you plan to promote the use of Free Software? If so, how will
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you do this?
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</p>
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<p class="question">
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<strong>1.b.</strong>Do you plan to promote the interests of small and medium sized
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Free Software companies; and so, how?
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</p>
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<p class="question">
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<strong>2. </strong>Non-Free Software is only modifiable with the
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permission of its owner. This restriction had led to service monopolies and
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vendor lock-in in both the public and private sector. Do you plan to act
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against existing service monopolies of this nature?
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</p>
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<p class="question">
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<strong>3.a. </strong>Strict adherence to Open Standards in public sector
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ICT enables fairer competition amongst tenderers. Do you agree with the
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Free Software Foundation Europe's <a href="/freesoftware/standards/def.html">Definition of Open Standards</a>?
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</p>
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<p class="question">
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<strong>3.b. </strong>Will you work to achieve strict adherence to Open Standards in
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the public sector? If so, how do you plan to do this?
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</p>
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<p class="question">
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<strong>4.a. </strong>Is your party planing to promote the usage of Free Software in
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state education?
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</p>
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<p class="question">
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<strong>4.b. </strong>Does your party intend to promote the teaching of transferable
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ICT skills, rather than product or vendor specific knowledge?
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</p>
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<p class="question">
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<strong>5. </strong>Many public sector organisations <a href="/activities/pdfreaders/buglist.html#DE">advertise non-Free
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Software</a> on their websites, such as promotions for 'Adobe Reader'.
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What is your opinion on this kind of advertising, and do you have any plans
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concerning it?
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</p>
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<p class="question">
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<strong>6.a. </strong>In Germany software is covered by copyright law and,
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like literature, is therefore unpatentable. Nevertheless, patents on
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software continue to be granted by patent offices. The technology
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monopolies that these patents result in lead to legal uncertainty for
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software companies and hamper innovation in all European companies. What
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is your position on software patents?
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</p>
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<p class="question">
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<strong>6.b. </strong>How will you prevent them from threatening the growth of Germany's
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economy?
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</p>
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</body>
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