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Let's not abuse the fact that most of the readership here know nothing about French politics, please. Here is a text written by Rocard on the topic of software

Let's not abuse the fact that most of the readership here know nothing about French politics, please. Here is a text written by Rocard on the topic of software patents: http://www.sens-public.org/IMG/pdf/SensPublic_MRocard_PatentsLiberties.pdf http://www.sens-public.org/IMG/pdf/SensPublic_MRocard_Patent... I'll just let those interested here compare your slightly biased description of him with his writing.

SFJulie 10y ago
He had nice ideas and was a wise men. It does not mean that all praise should not come with a little of objectivity on its political bias: his slightly biased opinion of the people in the process of making political decision. He was a techocrat -even though he was a gifted one. And technocrats have been so far strongest heralds of unfair IP laws that is the very first reason of the existence of free software. Free software is a walk-around technocratic decisions. Technocracy is much more a problem to free software than regulations. Regulations that can be changed by the people matters more than «right» decisions taken by some sort of deaf aristocracy. I will agree his essay was on spot. I will still spot his strong will to undermine democratic process and his distrust of the people. 1 right can be undone by a small wrong that is more important.