Re: licensing

This is a sensible approach. Once again, France seems to be ahead of the 
game. :)

Taran

Nicolas Pettiaux wrote:

>I am sorry to step into and not having had the time to read the whole thread
>so far.
>
>As usual, I see a very lively discussion comparing BSD and coplyleft style
>licence.
>
>It's, for me a matter of circomstance, objectives and sometimes personnal
>choice. I choose GPL because I want that the other share alike (to use the
>wording of the creative commons)
>
>I wanted to make sure that the list knew the existence of a report that has
>been published last year by the French ADAE (French for Agency for the
>développement of the electronic administration)
>
>It's title is precisely :
>
>Guide de choix et d'usage des licences de logiciels libres pour les
>administrations
>
>or 
>
>GUIDE TO CHOOSING AND USING FREE SOFTWARE LICENCES FOR GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC
>SECTOR ENTITIES 
>
>We (the Free Software community) have insisted that the document be also
>published in English, and it was. You can find it at 
>
>http://www.adae.pm.gouv.fr/spip/article.php3?id_article=172
>
>and specifically the report (both parts) at
>http://www.adae.pm.gouv.fr/upload/documents/Atica_free_software_guide.sxw
>http://www.adae.pm.gouv.fr/upload/documents/free_software_guide_detailed_analysis.pdf
>
>Part of the justification comes from the article from Philippe Aigrain who
>arguments in that direction 
>
>http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/aigrain2.pdf 
>
>The executive summary of the report is simple: the Adae recommends to use the
>GPL, but leave the final choice to the deparment of the administration. 
>
>This has been appreciated by the Free Software community in France.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Nicolas Pettiaux
>
>--
>Nicolas Pettiaux
>Vice-president
>AFUL http://www.aful.org/
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