Motion for 2nd hearing in Lower House. On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 at 23:59, Reuben Farrelly <reuben-aus...@reub.net> wrote:
> On 5/12/2018 8:33 am, Nick Stallman wrote: > > Also does this mean that the custom firmware for one or a handful of > > targets is not a systemic weakness, but if (when) the custom firmware > > leaks out publicly and can be used criminally, it suddenly does become a > > systemic weakness? > > I wonder how this is all going to play out with license compliance of > the GPL and other similar licenses, especially if there is talk about > covertly modifying code or systems. > > Are these Government organisations also going to be also inherently > violating (or forcing other parties to violate) the license terms of the > GPL if they prohibit distribution of their modified and now vulnerable > source code? > > If a company is instructed by law enforcement to insert a backdoor into > an authors' code but not be permitted to distribute the source for the > backdoor along with the original source code, will the author be able to > sue the company under copyright law? > > Does the Australian Government think they are going to be able to > encourage the likes of Lineage or a budget overseas tablet manufacturer > to assist in providing private code for law enforcement purposes? > > I'm sure most politicians have already considered the licensing aspects > of this though, so perhaps I need not worry. Perhaps the law of > Australia will now trump the law of International Software Licenses too, > in much the same way it trumps the laws of mathematics. > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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