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 C14FBBB81 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 20:32:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jB7JWTtr027136 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 20:32:29 +0100 Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA01777 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 20:32:28 +0100 (MET) Received: from mz2.forethought.net (mzpi4.forethought.net [216.241.36.13]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jB7JWRs1027129 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 20:32:28 +0100 Received: from [216.241.35.41] (helo=[10.0.0.2]) by mz2.forethought.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1Ek51e-0006ti-7g for caml-list@inria.fr; Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:32:26 -0700 Message-ID: <439738D7.2090406@gushee.net> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:32:39 -0700 From: Matt Gushee User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051002) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: Impact of French DADVSI law on Free Software and OCaml (was: Re: [Caml-list] Slashdot) References: <3d13dcfc0512062354k18aa286fq@mail.gmail.com> <43969976.3040805@motion-twin.com> In-Reply-To: <43969976.3040805@motion-twin.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 439738CD.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 439738CB.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 caml-list:01 cannasse:01 violate:01 judicial:98 --the:98 wrote:01 argument:01 ignorant:01 nicolas:02 unit:03 sadly:03 void:07 i'm:08 shouldn't: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 Nicolas Cannasse wrote: > void (which is not "unit" :). Also, it might even be anticonstitutional > since OS programs are words , just like news articles for instance. I'm > not a lawyer but I think we shouldn't be worried about this. Well, I am sadly ignorant of the French judicial system, but as we are learning here in the United States, constitutions don't have magical powers. If the government wishes to violate the constitution, and the courts are subservient, then--rational argument be damned!--the constitution will be violated. -- Matt Gushee The Reluctant Geek: http://matt.gushee.net/rg/