[Ecommerce] Ségolène Royal, Lead Contender for French President, Unalloyed Information Freedom Supporter

[Seth Johnson]

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Subject: [ORG-discuss] Time for Coders to Get Political?
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 09:21:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glyn Wintle <glynwintle@yahoo.com>
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000053

Looks like Stallman may have made a powerfull friend.
Ségolène Royal opinion polls show her to be the
leading contender for the post of French President.

After meeting with stallman she proclaimed:

    Open standards (like Open Document Format) and the
use of free software contribute to the independence,
quality and effectiveness of public agencies and local
communities. Developments funded by public authorities
for their own needs should, as a general rule, be
free.

    Public authorities in France and Europe should
promote a legal framework which favors both freedom to
use software and the participation of all users in
innovation.

    Policies for research and technological innovation
in computing could benefit from from using concepts
originating from free software.

    The education system must teach digital literacy.
This education should be based on free software.

By giving a privileged legal status to digital
restrictions (DRM), the bill "copyrights and related
rights in the information society" (DADVSI) is going
in the wrong direction. It will thus be necessary to
examine from scratch the legal framework created by
the DADVSI law at the French level and to contribute
to the development of a European and international
legal framework more favorable to the sharing of works
and knowledge.

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