Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote: > There are a good number of Australians who are interested in such things. > Maybe we should setup a "SPI Australia" organization to be involved in non-US > Debian work. You won't be entirely free of trouble. We have our very own version of the DMCA: http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/34 We also have restrictions on exports of cryptography, without clearly defined conditions on obtaining an export license: http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Crypto/crypto2.html In addition, Australia is a signatory to many international treaties, including the Berne convention and other copyright treaties and the Wassenaar Arrangement. [ And our Prime Minister is a US toady, and US trade "agreements" place Australia at a distinct disadvantage, so our policies and laws approach those of the US over time anyway. Expect the situation to get worse, not better. ] -- Sam "Eddie" Couter | mailto:sam@couter.dropbear.id.au Debian Developer | mailto:eddie@debian.org | jabber:sam@teknohaus.dyndns.org OpenPGP fingerprint: A46B 9BB5 3148 7BEA 1F05 5BD5 8530 03AE DE89 C75C
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