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Hello all, I am Eric Gallager, a state legislator in New Hampshire representing Concord Ward 6 (Merrimack County District 20), and I would like to welcome you all to this new mailing list. I requested that this mailing list be created because the number of
people that I was emailing about my FOSS-related legislation was growing to large numbers, so I figured that dedicated mailing list software might be a better way to handle it. This list is intended to be a space for discussing ideas, proposals, and existing
examples of legislation designed to promote software freedom in any legislative body at any level of government around the world. I'll send a separate message specifically about what I've been working on here in New Hampshire, but in the meantime welcome,
and please invite any other voices that you think might be valuable to include in conversations on the topic of FOSS-related legislation. As far as rules for this mailing list go, I would like for this to be a space where we can put aside our other political
differences and focus specifically on software freedom. In other words, I'm hoping to keep this from becoming a general catch-all mailing list for any tech legislation whatsoever, meaning that topics for legislation such as blockchain, artificial intelligence,
cybersecurity, censorship, etc., probably aren't going to be relevant here, unless they contain a software freedom angle. If in doubt, refer yourself to the Conservancy's mission statement to see if it aligns: <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/about/" class="">https://sfconservancy.org/about/</a>
<div class="">As for a specific Code of Conduct, I would tend to default to the GNU Kind Communications Guidelines, mostly because it's just the first one that comes to mind: <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/kind-communication.en.html" class="">https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/kind-communication.en.html</a> However,
I am also perfectly open to switching to a different Code of Conduct, if people have a suggestion for a better one that would make a wider range of people feel comfortable participating.</div>
<div class="">Thanks,</div>
<div class="">Eric Gallager</div>
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