Tag Archives: France

Brittany trip

I spent the last week in Brittany to visit my cousin, here are some pictures.

August 24, 2009: Rennes

Rennes

Rennes

Wall

Wall

House

House

August 25, 2009: Cotes d’Armor / Plouha

Sea shore

Sea shore

Wave stone

Wave stone

Coast

Coast

Bay

Bay

Mussels

Mussels

Monique and Gege

Monique & Gege

Me and Gege

Me & Gege

August 26, 2009: Cotes d’Armor / around Batz Island

House

House

beach

"beach"
Bay

Tiny island

Tiny island

Low tide

Low tide

Zen

Zen

Red rock bay

Red rock bay

Red rocks

Red rocks

Birdies

Birdies

August 28, 2009: Vannes

Vannes ramparts

Vannes ramparts

Jardin des Remparts

Jardin des Remparts

Canoes

Canoes

Pointe des Émigrés

Pointe des Émigrés

Huge sailing boat

Huge sailing boat
Compare its size with the big container. I’d like to see it with the mast.

Before sunset

Before sunset

Sunset

Sunset

August 29, 2009: Vannes, Carnac

Old boat

Old boat

Monoliths

Monoliths

Dolmen

Dolmen

Beans?

Beans?

Seashells

Seashells
Seashells

Lots of seashells

Lots of seashells

Trip to Mont Saint-Odile

We went hiking near a place called Mont Saint-Odile in the Vosges Mountains.

(a)symetric Leaves

(a)symetric Leaves

Roots

Roots

Footpath directions

Footpath directions
Brave hikers, courageous people and believers, 2291 km (1423 miles) on foot are waiting for you.
Note: kilometer ought to be written with a lowercase k and not a K which means Kelvin (sorry, I studied in physics; no one is perfect)

Conspiracy Flag

Conspiracy Flag
Mont Sainte Odile flag is watching you.

Solar clock

Solar clock

Blueberries forest

For miles, the forest was invaded by blueberries
Blueberries forest
Blueberries forest

Water stream

Water stream

Castle ruins

Castle ruins

Owl sculpture

Owl sculpture

Cycling trip of the week

So, how about posting some news about what’s new on my home page? Let’s do it!

Here’s the description of today (yesterday)’s bicycle trip: Luxembourg – Schengen – Rodemack.

About 80 km long, this bicycle trip brings you from Luxembourg City to the well known village of Schengen along the SaarLorLux veloroute, then comes a very quick trip in Germany before heading into France along the Moselle River.

Some pictures can be found on this gallery page.

Is Free Software going to be illegal in France?

While reading the FSF France website, it seems that the French government could declare free software illegal.

On Friday November 18th, 2005, at the ministry of culture, phonographic lobbying group declared to free software actors: “You are going to change your licenses.” and “You are going to stop publishing your software.”. They declared they would sue any author who gives his source code if the amendment “VU/SACEM/BSA/FT Division Contenus” would be voted.

Publishing free software allowing to access to culture is going to be a counterfeiter offence; any software allowing download such as instant messengers or any server software (P2P, HTTP, FTP, SSH, …). Any network software would require spyware ala Microsoft, Sony or Apple or would be declared illegal. Originally written by Videndi Universal, this amendment has been improved by other members of the Sirinelli comission, for the Higher Council of Literature and Artistic Property.

I believe this won’t work; if they would vote such a law, they’d kill their economy; on the other hand it was a crime to use cryptography a few years ago in this protectionist country where politicians “seek refuge behind old barriers and old ideas”. À suivre…

Updated information can be found here: http://eucd.info/index.php?English-readers.