The Australian Government is asking for submissions on the topic of technological protection measures (TPM) exceptions. It's a bit late (the FTA already having been signed), but there is still the possibility of adding some exceptions or clarifying some of the definitions. Submissions are due by 7 October 2005.
- Rusty Russell has a draft of a possible Linux Australia submission up.
My submission...
Now submitted; if nothing else, that will stop me wasting any more time thinking about it :-)
Technically I think it's still a draft, because the Committee hasn't formally published it yet, but it is what I sent in, and (if I understand things correctly) the only thing I lose by posting it here and now is Parliamentary Privilege...
Open Source vs. Mandatory Restrictions (PDF, 72K, 5 pages)
Update 12.10.2005: The submission is now up on the committee page - printed out, stamped, scanned in, converted to pdf, and only about 3½ times bigger for all that...
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