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Impact of French DADVSI law on Free Software and OCaml (was: Re: [Caml-list] Slashdot)
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| From: | Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@i...> |
| Subject: | Re: Impact of French DADVSI law on Free Software and OCaml (was: Re: [Caml-list] Slashdot) |
David MENTRE wrote: > Hello, > > 2005/12/3, Jacques Garrigue <garrigue@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp>: > >>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 deuxième alinéa de l'article 1er de la loi n° 92-546 du 20 juin > 1992 relative au dépôt légal est remplacé par les deux alinéas > suivants : > > « Les logiciels et les bases de données sont soumis à l'obligation de > dépôt légal dès lors qu'ils sont mis à disposition d'un public par la > diffusion d'un support matériel quelle que soit la nature de ce > support. > > « Sont également soumis au dépôt légal les signes, signaux, écrits, > images, sons ou messages de toute nature faisant l'objet d'une > communication publique en ligne. » > """ > 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. I'm not > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: > http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list > Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs