[Fwd: EDRI-gram - Number 6, 9 April 2003]

[Anton Zinoviev]

On  9.IV.2003 at 19:07 Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Free Software Association -- Bulgaria' list members, can you comment on
> the following? As reported, the draft law would seem to discard all non
> copyleft Free Software, or is this a translation/miscommunication issue?
> 
> It would be ideal if the definition of Free Software described in the
> draft (and final) law corresponds to FSF's.
>
> [...]
>
> In the Bulgarian definition, free software must allow for:
> 
> - Unlimited use of the software for all purposes;
> - Unlimited access to the source code;
> - Comprehensive check of its mechanisms of operation;
> - Use of internal mechanisms and of any arbitrary part of it, so that it 
> can be adapted to the needs of the user;
> - Production and public distribution of its copies;
> - Modification and free distribution of changes as well as of the newly 
> designed software under the same conditions as those of the original.

The translated text of the law is:

 4. "Free software" (Free computer program) is a software, whose use
    license provides the user the following possibilities excluding
    additional costs:
 4.1. Unlimited use of the software for all purposes.
 4.2. Unlimited access to the source code.
 4.3. Comprehensive check of its mechanisms of operation.
 4.4. Use of internal mechanisms and of any arbitrary part of it, so
      that it can be adapted to the needs of the user.  .
 4.5. Production and public distribution of its copies
 4.6. Modification and free distribution of changes as well as of the
      newly designed software under the same conditions as those of
      the original.

So actualy there is no phrase "must allow for", but only a definition.

Anton Zinoviev