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France Hostile To Open Source Software?

Posted by Zonk on from the no-frog-jokes dept.

AdamWeeden writes "According to the Free Software Foundation of France the French Department of Culture is telling free (as in speech) software providers that 'You will be required to change your licenses ... You shall stop publishing free software,' and warn they are ready 'to sue free software authors who will keep on publishing source code.'" From the post: "It appears that publishing Free Software giving access to culture is about to become a counterfeiting criminal offence. Will SACEM sue France Télécom R&D research labs for having published Maay and Solipsis (P2P pieces of software used to exchange data)? Up to this point, the rather technical debate surrounding the issues addressed by DADVSI bill (copyright and neighbouring rights in the information society) makes one ask: Just how much control do the Big Players in the field of culture want to seize? It now looks like years of quibbling have put an end to compromises." More information on the DADVSI bill is available at Infos-du-net.com. They've come a long way since last year.

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  1. Is there a French word for "Backroom Deal"? by DiscoBobby · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because Microsoft France surely just made one.

  2. Nice to see... by BJZQ8 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nice to see that the US doesn't have a monopoly on loony government agencies and legislation...that's obviously in the public domain.

    1. Re:Nice to see... by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yea, we tried to patent it, but the prior art was overwhelming.

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      ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
  3. Toute votre base sont appartiennent à nous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Toute votre base sont appartiennent à nous
    il n'y aura aucun logiciel libre en France !

    1. Re:Toute votre base sont appartiennent à nous by Henk+Postma · · Score: 4, Funny

      Je parle ne pas Francais vous clod insensitive!

    2. Re:Toute votre base sont appartiennent à nous by focitrixilous+P · · Score: 3, Funny
      Babel Fish might actually improve the original text for a change, so hear you go:
      Narrateur : Dans A.D. 2101, la guerre commençait.

      Capitaine : Que se produisent ?
      Mecanicien : Quelqu'un nous a installes la bombe.
      Operateur : Nous obtenons le signal.
      Capitaine : Ce qui !
      Operateur : L'ecran principal s'allument.
      Capitaine : C'est vous ! !
      CATS : Comment allez vous des messieurs ! !
      CATS : Toute votre base sont appartiennent a nous.
      CATS : Vous etes sur le chemin a la destruction.
      Capitaine : Ce que vous dites ! !
      CATS : Vous n'avez aucune chance de survivre faites votre temps.
      CATS : Ha Ha Ha Ha....
      Operateur : Capitaine ! !
      Capitaine : Enlevez chaque 'Zig '! !
      Capitaine : Vous savez ce qui vous faisant.
      Capitaine : Deplacez 'Zig '.
      Capitaine : Pour la grande justice.
      There, I ruined the joke for all of you.
      --
      SAILING MISHAP
  4. I'm not too worried... by tor528 · · Score: 3, Funny

    When has France ever been hostile towards something and then come out on top?

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    If I think something is funny, I will probably mod it +1 Insightful. "It's funny because it's true."
    1. Re:I'm not too worried... by b0bby · · Score: 5, Funny

      When has France ever been hostile towards something and then come out on top?

      What about Greenpeace?

  5. That's it! by masnare · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was on the fence, but now they've done it. I am officially giving up croissants, snobbery, and disdain for other people. I just can't be associated with them anymore.

    1. Re:That's it! by thryllkill · · Score: 4, Funny

      A duel monitor set up is not a ménage à trois, no matter how much you want it to be one.

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      Note to self: No more arguing with the faithful.

    2. Re:That's it! by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Funny
      I was on the fence, but now they've done it. I am officially giving up croissants, snobbery, and disdain for other people. I just can't be associated with them anymore.

      Good luck on the whole croissants thing -- looks like the others have already fallen by the wayside. ;-P
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      Lost at C:>. Found at C.
  6. Re:I love the Internet, though... by bastardadmin · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Nom de plume"; in this case though "nom de guerre" may be more appropriate.

  7. Re:Interesting by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 5, Funny
    ah yes, here comes the flood of anti-french racist idiocy

    As it should. Damn those French racists! :)

  8. Quelqu'un nous a établis la bombe. by hedley · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pour la grande justice.