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CeCILL: La Licence Francaise Du Logiciel Libre

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:In advance: To all American French haters. by LiquidPC · · Score: 0, Troll

    Making fun of the frenchies, regardless of validity, when only french modders are
    awake probably wasn't the best idea.