At least some lawyers have opined otherwise. Wonder if the FSF or SFLC have said anything yet ...
- d. On 6 November 2015 at 16:57, Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
