- UNESCO "World memory" answer (october 2003, in French) [5]
- Nominations for World Memory in 2003 [6]
"France - Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme et du citoyen de 1789
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Worldwide - Free Software [7]" - Nomination form sent for UNESCO World Memory [8] Register (december 2002)
- Action at LSM2002 (invitation to UNESCO director, round table, etc) [9]
- First contacts with P. Aigrain, Head of Sector "Software Technologies" at the European Commission, and A. Abid from "Memory of the world" UNESCO project
- Interview of Benoît Sibaud by French magazine Newbiz
- From another interview of Richard M. Stallman at LinuxExpo, Paris, on January 30th 2002. Available on the web at colibrix.org [10] (question and answer were in French)
"To serve humanity with software, software should be free, because software belong to human knowledge. Proprietary software do not belongs to human knowledge."
- First contacts with UNESCO and French national commission
- Question to Richard M. Stallman with his interview on January 27th 2002 at LinuxExpo, Paris. Available on the web at April (question and answer were in French) [11]
In France, a work group was set to ask the UNESCO to schedule free software as world human heritage.
RMS: What that means exactly?
It would be a official recognition from UNESCO who is an international organisation that free software is a world human heritage and should be protected as art work, like say, statues.
RMS: Protected from software patents ?
Protected from everything, from appropriation in general. What do you think of this initiative?
RMS: As a general idea, it seems OK to me. It is really a human heritage. As a legal decision, I'd see the exact implications before giving an opinion. Because on details there could be problems. It is a question of details. That's why I asked what that means exactly. Because if it is a general idea, no problem, if it is a legal decision with specific consequences, one should see what will happen.
