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Patent Mess May Stifle Australian Software

Posted by timothy on from the specific-example-of-a-general-truth dept.

gtoomey writes "Australian Open Source lawyer Brendan Scott is claiming the USA/Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will damage all Australian software development. An article in the Sydney Morning Herald says that developers have probably built products which 'infringe' on U.S. software patents, while the FTA is forcing Australia to adopt DCMA laws."

4 of 231 comments (clear)

  1. FP!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First damn-and-good-looking post!!!! yeah!!!

    --drmad

  2. This is terrible!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wait a minute... What Australian software?

  3. buh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    buh

  4. Imagine by Xiph · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A beowulf cluster of these babies....

    i'm not sorry, it HAD to come!
    Happy B-Day!

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