[Discussioni] Fwd: French State secretary for Industry against SoftPat

[Alessandro Rubini]

> " The Administration faster on-line thanks to free software "
> 
> Christian Pierret,  State secretary for Industry.
> 
> " I already supported personally open-source software, notably at the
> university of Metz. I am glad to see French publishers of free
> software like MandrakeSoft be successful in the United States. I
> support Linux and free software, because they allow faster and more
> robust development to put the Administration on-line.  While
> commercial software raise the issue of computer security, since one
> does not know what is inside.  This is why I am against software
> patenting in Europe.  It would kill innovation and reinforce
> litigation terrorism, because commercial software multinational
> corporations would multiply legal actions against start-ups. "
> 
> 
> Translated by B. Lang from:
> 
> 01 Informatique, N° 1626, 23 mars 2001, page 51
> 
> 
> « L'Administration plus vite en ligne grâce au logiciel libre »
> [...]
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