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French PM Unreceptive To RMS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the poor-reception dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Six month after the publication of very bad amendments to French DRM law proposal, Richard Stallman has been pushed back by the chief of security team of French Prime minister. On Friday 9th of June 2006 at 3.30pm, Richard Stallman, president of Free Software Foundation, led a delegation composed by Frédéric Couchet (Free Software Foundation France) and Christophe Espern (EUCD.INFO initiative) to meet the French Prime minister in order to talk about the French DRM law proposal and to deliver the EUCD.INFO petition signed by more than 165,000 French residents. Richard Stallman and his friends were pushed back by the chief of security team. "

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  1. RMS! by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Word of Advice: DO NOT try this in your home country.

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    1. Re:RMS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wow. RMS is nearly as important as Lyndon LaRouche.

    2. Re:RMS! by shawn(at)fsu · · Score: 4, Funny

      I was reading this and saw the 165,000 figure and I knew that couldn't be much of the population. I checked wikipedia and it amounts to .2% of the population. .2%, so i wondered what other groups made .2% or more of a population and figured I checked the amount of people who said they were Jedi for a religion in Britain. That came in at .7% of the countries population.

      Geee and he wasn't allowed in right away......

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    3. Re:RMS! by secolactico · · Score: 4, Funny

      Maybe he sent the rejection notice in .doc format, and RMS' system automatically rejects all attachements in a non free document format.

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    4. Re:RMS! by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 2, Funny

      When I worked in Cambridge, Mass, I was near enough to MIT to see what a coworker and I called "The Cult of Richard Stallman". It consisted of the occasional solitary pudgy male wearing at least a too-tight black t-shirt if not all black. The t-shirt usually had a computer reference on it (usually a Linux penguin) or an anime image. An unkempt and long beard and hair were requirements.

      Since I never talked to one of these guys I can't say for certain if any of them has ever said "Worst episode ever!".

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  2. They Resisted Something? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What happened, they were all out of white flags?

  3. Re:Shocking by I+Like+Pudding · · Score: 4, Funny

    Flamebait my ass. If making fun of the French is wrong, I don't want to be right.

  4. Now go away... by Billosaur · · Score: 4, Funny

    On Friday 9th of June 2006 at 3.30pm, Richard Stallman led a delegation composed by Frédéric Couchet (Free Software Foundation France) and Christophe Espern (EUCD.INFO initiative) to meet the French Prime minister in order to talk about the French DRM law proposal. Richard Stallman and his friends were pushed back by the chief of security team.

    ...or we will taunt you a second time!

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  5. Poor PM... by DMiax · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... having RMS after you mustn't be a nice experience! He is the real victim of this. :P

  6. And here I was thinking by markov_chain · · Score: 3, Funny

    the story was about a poorly designed French Power Module not working with alternating current

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  7. parfume by drwho · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd say it was because of RMS' bodily odor, but then I remembered that this was France we're talking about.

  8. I misread that! by kimvette · · Score: 4, Funny

    At first glance I mis-read the headline as "French PM unreceptive to PMS" and my first thought was he must not get along well with his wife. *chuckle*

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  9. The next step by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So from my understanding of the French political process, the next step is to barricade all major French highways with piles of computers running Windows, right?

  10. Of course, if it had been a German invasion... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The schedule would have been cleared to welcome their new Teutonic overlords!

  11. Actual excuse used... by MarkGriz · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The PM of France might just have a few things on his plate that he considers more important."

    Yes, Mr Stallman, the Prime Minister would love to meet with you but I'm afraid he will be busy washing his hair that day.

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    1. Re:Actual excuse used... by shark72 · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Yes, Mr Stallman, the Prime Minister would love to meet with you but I'm afraid he will be busy washing his hair that day."

      A tactical mistake. Having met RMS, I suspect that hair-washing is something to which he does not attach particular importance.

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  12. French Corollary of Godwin's Law by Xillimiandus · · Score: 2, Funny

    As an online discussion in english involving french people, France, or anything somehow related grows longer, the probability of an use of the verb "surrender" approaches one.

  13. Re:No appointment and he was pushed back? Horror! by Petrushka · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn those decimal points! Er, commas. Damn them!