Re: Anti-open source law rejected by French parliament

Can anyone imagine a world where innovation is illegal ??? That's where this
is going...






"Francois Suter" <dba@paragraf.ch> wrote in message
news:74E48049-05C1-4CFE-A4BC-DAB4D01220A2@paragraf.ch...
> Hi,
>
> Some time ago, Robert Treat asked about a law project in France  against
> peer-to-peer file exchange that would be so strict as to  forbid the
> creation of open source software. This law was recently  downed in flames
> by the French parliament. Interestingly all parties  experencied splits in
> their ranks.
>
> Most interestingly the parliament reminded the Culture minister (who  was
> proposing the law) that there already existed a legislation which  had
> never been used. In particular this legislation clearly  authorises the
> replication of any media for private purposes.
>
> So what might have been a dangerous time for open source software in
> France will probably turn out to be a big gain. This is quite nice  coming
> on the heels of the rejection by the European Parliament of  American-like
> software licensing rules.
>
> Cheers
>
> ---------------
> Francois
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