"Recently, there was some news on linux.com about the Canadian Greens supporting free software in their election platform. I’m not surprised. Greens in general are very supportive towards free software, even the ones that don’t really use much of it themselves (like the Swedish Greens).

But still, while greens are typically not much better at using free software that the average joe, I’d say they are more supportive and curious about it. How come? What is it about green ideology that says free software is a good idea? Environmentalism? Liberalism? Global solidarity? ..."