French Presidential Candidates on Free Software, Related Issues

“When free software supporters participate in the French
presidential election on April 22 for the first round of voting,
they will have information that may be unique in the world:
position statements from all major parties on issues about free
software, copyright, patents, and digital rights. Even more
surprisingly–at least from a North American perspective–a
majority of the candidates have heard of these issues and developed
positions on them.

“This information comes courtesy of APRIL, French advocacy group
whose full name translates to the Association for Promotion and
Research in Libre Computing. In February, APRIL sent out 14
detailed questions to the presidential candidates, asking them for
their positions on both general issues and points particular to
French legislation…”

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