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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. Re:No appointment and he was pushed back? Horror! by DaPoulpe · · Score: 5, Informative

    Then the problem may be that he was denied an appointment in the first place don't you think ?
    For they are not just "someone" but 3 individuals quite involved into this DRM saga, thus having points and a petition to be discussed.
    Bill Gates is received with all the honors by the President and RMS & Co can't even reach the prime minister or even some random official guy ?

  2. Re:Lucky he wasn't shot... by jeremie_z_ · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually many associations (APRIL, FSF France, EUCD.INFO) wrote many letters to ask for an interview between the prime minister and RMS. Actually none of them was answered.

    Letters were sent a few days ago to tell the day and hour of his coming (he flew from Boston especially for this occasion), so he wasn't exactly "forcing his way" and the guards said that de decision to refuse him was "maturely decided"... This is a political decision of not receiving him, and nothing else.