FYI / "FHNI": The GPL also has issues in Taiwan, apparently because it's illegal there to enforce its constraints on anything but the first user / immediate level. Or something like that — not a lawyer here.
Either way if France joins Taiwan, that sure isn't a good thing for people relying on the GPL, but it won't break its back either. Some "industry of opportunity" may spring up (it definitely has in Taiwan), but it's not the end of the world.
Found this paper on the topic: http://www.law.nagoya-u.ac.jp/ls/review/_userdata/10-04.pdf But honestly I don't understand too much of it.
Either way if France joins Taiwan, that sure isn't a good thing for people relying on the GPL, but it won't break its back either. Some "industry of opportunity" may spring up (it definitely has in Taiwan), but it's not the end of the world.