CeCILL: La Licence Francaise Du Logiciel Libre

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CeCILL: La Licence Francaise Du Logiciel Libre

Posted by timothy on Monday July 12, 2004 @08:58PM from the got-a-different-word-for-everything dept.

News for nerds writes "Researchers at three French government-funded research organizations revealed the new Open-Source license, known as CeCILL (English .pdf here), which they say is compatible with the FSF's GPL. CeCILL is intended to make free software more compatible with French law in two areas where it differs significantly from U.S. law: copyright and product liability. I, for one, welcome our nouvelle overlord of freedom."

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I reject this cultural imperialism! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-12 21:05 · Score: 3, Funny

Slashdot is too franco-centric!
Let us celebrate this ... by BabyDave · 2004-07-12 21:07 · Score: 2, Funny

... with some delicious Freedom Fries.
1. Re:Let us celebrate this ... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-12 23:10 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Don't you mean "GNU Fries" ?
That's nice by SpooForBrains · 2004-07-12 21:10 · Score: 5, Funny

Just in time for European Software Patents to make it redundant :)

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Re:SECAM Licence by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-12 21:24 · Score: 5, Funny

Better than Never The Same Colour though, eh?

Q. Why are American pool tables blue?
A. So they look green on NTSC TV.
Re:I suspect... by nkh · 2004-07-12 21:31 · Score: 2, Funny

In France, stupid people hate the USA for two reasons: fat people and rich people. Making fun of fat people (and McDonalds) is easy, and hating rich people is easy when you're poor. But there was a time (not so long ago) when americans were respected for their successful version of capitalism.

As for us, GPL nerds, we don't care about the USA because we're all some kind of techno hippies that love to share software, there's not even a religious barrier.

But don't be scared if a french guy is insulting an american, we've been doing this for years against canadians, belgians and swiss. Forget stupid people...
I hope you will be diping them in W Ketchup... by Kinniken · 2004-07-12 22:02 · Score: 2, Funny

W Ketchup, America's Ketchup! The perfect complement to your Freedom Fries!

And why not finish your patriotic meal with some Star Spangled Ice Cream, for the complete Conservative American Experience?

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1. Re:I hope you will be diping them in W Ketchup... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-12 22:22 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  LOL. Those people are really full of it.
  
  I bet they're secretly Democrats who want to make a few easy bucks off the nutcases that actually buy this stuff.
Re:French bashing by CrimeaRiver · 2004-07-12 22:18 · Score: 1, Funny

I fart in your general direction.
Waddaya, Nuts?!? by dcw3 · 2004-07-12 22:52 · Score: 3, Funny

"I, for one, welcome our nouvelle overlord of freedom."

Hey dumbass, you can't surrender to the French! (I'm kidding...really...I even married one!)

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Yes but... by zBoD · 2004-07-12 23:00 · Score: 4, Funny

...will you americans call it the French License or the Freedom License ? :)

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Moi, j'accueille notre nouveaux suzerains. by c13v3rm0nk3y · 2004-07-13 02:30 · Score: 2, Funny

I, for one, welcome our nouvelle overlord of freedom.

Unfortunately, the grammarian shock troops would probably just toss you in a re-education camp as soon as they arrived.
You probably meant nouveau suzerain (or nouveaux suzerains to maintain parity with the Simpsons.)
Of course, by posting this in the clear and not as an AC, I'm now exposing myself to our new overlords as someone who may also need a few years of work^h^h^h^hre-education, otherwise know as "French II".

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Re:Confusing for us Portuguese by wcrowe · 2004-07-13 03:04 · Score: 2, Funny

Those French! It's like they have a different word for EVERYTHING!

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