From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8845EBB81 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:39:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from ash25e.internode.on.net (ash25e.internode.on.net [203.16.214.182]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jB78d8K5012953 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:39:09 +0100 Received: from rosella (ppp33-4.lns1.syd6.internode.on.net [59.167.33.4]) by ash25e.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id jB78cmBG007784; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 19:08:48 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from skaller@users.sourceforge.net) Subject: Re: Impact of French DADVSI law on Free Software and OCaml (was: Re: [Caml-list] Slashdot) From: skaller To: David MENTRE Cc: Jacques Garrigue , jtbryant@valdosta.edu, caml-list@yquem.inria.fr In-Reply-To: <3d13dcfc0512062354k18aa286fq@mail.gmail.com> References: <3d13dcfc0512062354k18aa286fq@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:38:47 +1100 Message-Id: <1133944727.8940.90.camel@rosella> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 43969FAC.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 caml-list:01 gal:98 wrote:01 sourceforge:01 sourceforge:01 debian:02 asp:95 wed:07 mean:07 john:08 stuff:08 felix:08 felix:08 rubbish:09 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 08:54 +0100, David MENTRE wrote: > http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/12/projets/pl1206.asp > > In English, it means that *any* software, *any* database and *any* > sound, image, etc. should be legally registred to the French State > (/dépôt légal/) as soon as it is made available to the public. Sorry I can't read French .. can you determine WHICH software it is talking about? Does it mean (a) made available on a Web Server hosted in France? In which case .. just use a server in some other place, as Debian once did -- nonUSA server for some stuff. Sourceforge comes to mind .. If it means (b) produced by a French Citizen then it is rubbish, since it doesn't take into account collaborative efforts. -- John Skaller Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net