Friday, July 09, 2004
Something useful from France
Remind me never to write software for France, but at least they can write software for us. Though on second thought, product liability does sound like a decent thing.
Plenty of free software licenses exist already, but they are mostly written in English, from the point of view of the U.S. legal system, which can pose a problem in countries where the legal system is based on different assumptions.
The new license, known as CeCILL, is intended to make free software more compatible with French law in two areas where it differs significantly from U.S. law: copyright and product liability.
