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Re: [News] Open Source Debate Heats Up in Australia

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Linux Australia urges Govornment to support free competition
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Linux Australia, Australia's peak Open Source Software community group,
> | announced the launch of a petition today calling on the Australian
> | Federal Government to resist pressure to abandon consumer and
> | competition rights when drafting anti-circumvention laws.  New laws
> | are required under the terms of the Free Trade Agreement negotiated
> | between Australia and the United States.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Con Zymaris, a director with the Open Source Industry Association,
> | joined with Russell.  "Australian small businesses are world-class at
> | using, deploying and building Open Source software.  We must be free to
> | do so without fear of lawsuits from the larger incumbents we compete
> | against."
> `----
> 
>                         http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4619/53/

A little more useful for the Australians in the audience, Linux Australia's
position:
   <http://www.linux.org.au/>

And a more indepth discussion of the legal aspects, including a link to the
petition:
   <http://www.linux.org.au/law/>
-- 
Regards,
Jim

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