That means a signatory state can't demand that closed-source software provide source code to the state as a condition of shipping their software in that state. Has nothing to do with GPL-style licensing, where the copyright owner is the one doing the disclosing of source.
-- brion On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 8:03 AM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > Takes out the GPL too: http://keionline.org/node/2363 > > (yep, the TPP is every bit as good as we were expecting) > > I anticipate a sudden tech coalition at that one, which we should get in > on. > > > - d. > > > On 6 November 2015 at 12:22, Gnangarra <[email protected]> wrote: > > We have a new problem to face in the coming months assuming countries > > ratify the Trans Pacific Partnership > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership > > > > The text of the agreement has been released in the last 24 hours, early > > commentary is indicating that copyright changes will occur restoring > > copyright to some works that are currently PD. > > http://boingboing.net/2015/11/06/how-tpp-will-clobber-canadas.html > > > > According reports this will affect media sourced in Canada where > copyright > > will be extended from 50-70 years meaning that image sin this period may > > need to be deleted both on commons and on en:wp, Australian sourced > images > > face a similar issue as will other countries. > > > > Rather than a piece meal commons copyright battle, and a duplicate one on > > en:wp being lead by unqualified wikilawyers resulting in project > > discrepancies. I'm calling on the community to take more holistic > approach > > and request that the WMF ask for its legal eagles to give an edict we can > > take or communities to explain what will happen in each jurisdiction as > the > > TPP is ratified. > > > > This will also give us guidance as to how Affiliates can approach and > > support activities locally to ensure material that is already freely > > available remains so. > > > > > > > > -- > > G > > ideon > > > > President Wikimedia Australia > > WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >
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