ciaran johnston cjnologicorg david neary said francophones among article summary reasons free software licences gpl particular valid france httpwwwlinuxfrenchnetarticlephp3id_article1043 google translation hard read time good enough pick gist httpmakeashorterlinkcomu26b52602 brief international contract mentioning copyright must mention jurisdictions laws copyright applied french law requires licence available french gpl isnt french law requires contract valid must breach existing law also french law copyright holder automatically retains right change licence means french law conflict gpl requires authorisation authors licence change allowed also theres stuff french consumer law forbidding sale without guarantee anything software delivered asis breaches consumer law france didnt really follow french bit iffy days true also nullify microsoft adobe winzip licences amongst others claim liability guarantees say delivered faults least honest ciaran irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie mon 7 oct 2002 094311 0100 bst ilug interesting article free software licences