[Fsfe-newsfr-en] FSF France news 28/06/2001

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Hello.

Here are the news from FSF France on 28/06/2001.

News FSF France in text (see attachment for HTML with links) :
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||The GNU project and its contributors received the 2001     ||
||USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award.                         ||
||28 June 2001. The GNU project and its contributors received||
||the 2001 USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award. On behalf of   ||
||all GNU contributors, Robert J. Chassell accepted the award||
||at the 2001 USENIX Annual Technical Conference at the      ||
||Copley Marriott Hotel in Boston, MA, USA. A copy of the    ||
||acceptance speech, and a copy of the press conference      ||
||statements are available.                                  ||
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||Press review: collect articles about Free Software         ||
||27 June 2001. The FSFE France launch an appeal for         ||
||contribution to collect articles about Free Software for   ||
||the FSF. What we are looking for are articles that say     ||
||something new; go into great depth about an aspect;        ||
||consider the wider social or legal meanings; give a good   ||
||overview of the subject; talk about the history in depth;  ||
||or other well-written pieces. Something that is just so-so ||
||or just says the same-old-thing would not really contribute||
||to our collection.                                         ||
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||A software against software patents                        ||
||26 June 2001. Richard M. Stallman (President of the FSF)   ||
||and Jacques Le Marois (CEO of MandrakeSoft) met in Paris to||
||talk about software patents. Richard M. Stallman suggested ||
||to Jacques Le Marois that a detailed information about the ||
||dangers of software patents be displayed to every user of a||
||Mandrake distribution. The user would then be given the    ||
||choice to declare readiness to take part in some actions   ||
||against software patents.                                  ||
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FSF France News

The GNU project and its contributors received the 2001 USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award.
28 June 2001. The GNU project and its contributors received the 2001 USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award. On behalf of all GNU contributors, Robert J. Chassell accepted the award at the 2001 USENIX Annual Technical Conference at the Copley Marriott Hotel in Boston, MA, USA. A copy of the acceptance speech, and a copy of the press conference statements are available.

Press review: collect articles about Free Software
27 June 2001. The FSFE France launch an appeal for contribution to collect articles about Free Software for the FSF. What we are looking for are articles that say something new; go into great depth about an aspect; consider the wider social or legal meanings; give a good overview of the subject; talk about the history in depth; or other well-written pieces. Something that is just so-so or just says the same-old-thing would not really contribute to our collection.

A software against software patents
26 June 2001. Richard M. Stallman (President of the FSF) and Jacques Le Marois (CEO of MandrakeSoft) met in Paris to talk about software patents. Richard M. Stallman suggested to Jacques Le Marois that a detailed information about the dangers of software patents be displayed to every user of a Mandrake distribution. The user would then be given the choice to declare readiness to take part in some actions against software patents.