It's positive, but I have notice some misanderstood of Open Source and Free Software -> http://www.fscorsica.org/editos/free-france.html
+1 for the Légion d'Honneur to RMS! "c...@canaxis.org" <c...@canaxis.org> writes: > Here are the URLs of the letter : > > http://circulaires.prod.ext.dila.fr/pdf/2012/09/cir_35837.pdf > > http://circulaires.prod.ext.dila.fr/index.php?action=afficherCirculaire&hit=3&retourAccueil=1 > > > On 09/29/2012 07:21 AM, c...@canaxis.org wrote: >> This is an extremely good news !! >> >> Note that he says GNU/Linux, the real name, to talk about the whole system. >> >> And so, he uses the 4 freedoms to explain what is Free Software. >> >> The "funny" thing is that he defines Free Software as an "intellectual >> property model", so we have to explain why saying “Intellectual >> Property” is not relevant... >> >> Anyway, as a French citizen, I ask president Hollande to make Richard >> Stallman a chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur :) >> >> >> On 09/29/2012 01:03 AM, Thomas Harding wrote: >>> [please forgive my English] >>> >>> French Prime Minister issued a circular letter in favor of the use of >>> free software by government >>> >>> entitled "Guidelines for the use of free software in government", the >>> short letter from French Prime Minister Jean Marc Ayrault presents a >>> work from the DISIC (IT direction for government). >>> >>> Notably: >>> * They recommends Free Software usage, also Free Software support by >>> contractors >>> * They expressly define Free Software as the 4 freedoms defined by FSF >>> * They define Free software as *a model of intellectual property* >>> * They warns on such Free Software owned by a single company >>> * They define use cases on forks (see also above point: MySQL, >>> Open/LibreOffice, ...) >>> * They recommends to joint software development communities as an >>> organization more than as individual (some arguments are specious here: >>> participate, give patches, ..., is OK, but give an orientation...) >>> * They strongly recommends mutual development in government branches >>> * They recommends to give back to Free Software 5 to 10 percents of >>> savings compared to a proprietary (fr: privatrice -- is not used) solution. >>> * They defined working groups >>> >>> Ref: PRMX1234912C >>> <http://legifrance.gouv.fr/initRechTexte.do>http://circulaires.prod.ext.dila.fr/ >>> (paste the document reference in form field -- search "NOR" on right side) >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- Aurelien DESBRIERES Ride Free! Ride GNU.org