French Government to Ban Free Software
 

Hey guys is this true? French linux users should do something about this. We need to give them our moral support what do you think guys?

The source or to read more:
http://www.bluehat.uni.cc/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12

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would never work anyways

what would never work? I don't know the information is true? Any French guys here? I don't know why french government did such a thing?

:rolleyes: Who says they did? :rolleyes:

Don't believe everything you read on the Internet...

Maybe these guys might be more convincing. A Google search provided a bounty of information.

Free Software Foundation France

http://www.fsffrance.org/news/article2005-11-25.en.html

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Think about it ... the majority of servers on the Internet, AFAIK, run Linux or Unix at least on the front-end machines. Not all of those distributions are "free" but that's beside the point. These operating-systems that we champion are now quite mainstream and forevermore shall be.

So will they have to start charging one cent (or whatever the equivalent is in euros) per download?

No that's wrong and impossible to apply even if a lot of people (even me) thought it could happen. A lot of french departments are now using openoffice and linux for independance and transparency.
This link is fortunatly old news. Since this, these amendments have been studied over and over and over again.
A lot of politicians have now understood the deadlock that opensource software will face (also the presendentical elections arrive eheh). Some parts of this amendment/decret have since been updated but it is far from being clear. Due to lack of time (a lot of pages to read which point to a lot of other pages to read..) and lack of my knowledge in "laws words" I can't comment more.

This amendment (which has passed on the Assemblée on Friday at 4 o'clock in the morning) still has to be studied by the "Senat" and the "Conseil Constitutionnel" since a lot of deputies who were against this amendment have called for re-study.

Because $$/€€ is ruling our world and in this case, governments are highly influenced by cinema and music lobbies.

Let's hope but don't dream.

Meanwhile ODEBI, group created to protect rights and freedom of internet people is calling for numerical guerilla and propose to boycott CDs and DVDs brought by these majors (Universal,..)

What's the point with DVD? I buy a DVD in the US and can't read it in Europe due to this f****g zones? Everymonth I change continent due to my work and after changing 5 times the zone of my DVD player it is locked. Personnaly, I'll never buy a DVD and I boycott this technology. Me angry? noooo :)

They already take 35 euros/dollars on 100 cd to counter the piracy while they forbid the piracy.
In germany a box of 100cd costs me 10 euros..
And they want to add this tax for downloads, but they won't remove the others that's sure.

I think that the tax on download is about to be cancelled though

Such silliness. Say you're not publishing source, but publishing 'documentation'.

is it true? Don't believe everything posted on the internet.

Well, some really wanted this to happen. BUT it did not happen, its why I said its wrong.

But some narrow-minded companies thought about it:

http://fsffrance.org/news/article2005-11-25.en.html
(in english)

And its not an April's Fool!!

load from the cheapest sources. force the govts to compete for your business. its YOUR money NOT theirs until you VOLUNTARILY give it up for value received.

I think it's not only possible, it is happening. We have similar initiatives by government/business representatives here in the U.S., as well.

http://eucd.info/index.php?2005/11/1...res-techniques

http://fsffrance.org/news/article2006-05-24-01.fr.html

does this mean that french people will buy linux software smuggled from germany or switzerland?