[This is starting to shift away from the GFDL so I modified the subject. Georg, I can suppress you from the Cc: if you wish so.]
On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 11:25:43PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote a message of 29 lines which said: > >Naturally, I'm more familiar with the European Copyright -- or Droit > >d'Auteur, rather -- systems, but since Europe is a very active region > >for Free Software, considering the European situation seems useful. > > Please note that this system is contrary in its basis to the system in the > US, which is also used in some form in most common-law based countries (most > of the world). Under these systems copyright is a government-granted monopoly > and not a 'natural right'. The 'Droit d'Auteur' system is *much* more > hostile to free software, free documentation, free speech, fair use rights, > library privilege, the public domain, etc., etc., etc. Can you explain the above? I do not see why and in which way the "Droit d'auteur" system is more hostile to free software. There is currently a lot of lobbying in Europe and in the world against this "Droit d'auteur" system and pro-copyright and this lobbying is mostly driven by the same companies that oppose free software...
