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 29FFDBB81 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 08:54:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.205]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jB77sk77007604 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 08:54:46 +0100 Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id m18so82505nfc for ; Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:54:46 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=G1QvkUkCxbXkH4vc47f14SfSlqfOITjPHY0FvN0Rgz8qcS3a8LawTOZWrH/aNMYn4x0Jbe5GHIdACCsAI4/qQDrdITp/CldxO2X1EKFS4BjK2EFS6yTFLargNdZJrUaxnvrU1rX2JgrS9mfh7nVM3Pree90NBNrMjP2RbvEXmIk= Received: by 10.49.2.9 with SMTP id e9mr27175nfi; Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:54:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.49.1.13 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 23:54:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3d13dcfc0512062354k18aa286fq@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 08:54:45 +0100 From: David MENTRE Reply-To: To: Jacques Garrigue Subject: Impact of French DADVSI law on Free Software and OCaml (was: Re: [Caml-list] Slashdot) Cc: jtbryant@valdosta.edu, caml-list@yquem.inria.fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 43969546.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 caml-list:01 remplace:01 signaux:01 ocaml:01 bug:01 jacques:01 equivalents:02 garrigue:03 garrigue:03 classical:03 asp:95 nagoya-u:04 ecrits:05 images:94 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_BY_IP,REPLY_TO_EMPTY autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 Hello, 2005/12/3, Jacques Garrigue : > Classical slashdot(?): this is just a misquote, as the department of > culture hasn't done more than to host a press conference by > SACEM, SNEP and SCPP, which are the equivalents of RIAA and MPAA. Well, as many people, I had a feeling of FUD about this DADVSI law project until a read following paragraph: """ Article 21 Le deuxi=E8me alin=E9a de l'article 1er de la loi n=B0 92-546 du 20 juin 1992 relative au d=E9p=F4t l=E9gal est remplac=E9 par les deux alin=E9as suivants : =AB Les logiciels et les bases de donn=E9es sont soumis =E0 l'obligation de d=E9p=F4t l=E9gal d=E8s lors qu'ils sont mis =E0 disposition d'un public pa= r la diffusion d'un support mat=E9riel quelle que soit la nature de ce support. =AB Sont =E9galement soumis au d=E9p=F4t l=E9gal les signes, signaux, =E9cr= its, images, sons ou messages de toute nature faisant l'objet d'une communication publique en ligne. =BB """ 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 (/d=E9p=F4t l=E9gal/) as soon as it is made available to the public. I'm no= t a lawyer so I might have missed something but, if this is true, (1) it is utterly stupid and (2) it could impact the development of Free Software in France. Should Xavier Leroy et al. registred OCaml each time a new release is made? Should we declare all the images on the OCaml web site? Should the OCaml bug database be registred? Personally, I'm worried. Yours, david