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Sorry, but the headline ("TPP makes copy left licences illegal" until the mods change it as linkbait) is nonsense. The actual affect of this section is appears
by zb 11y ago
Sorry, but the headline ("TPP makes copy left licences illegal" until the mods change it as linkbait) is nonsense. The actual affect of this section is appears to be to prevent governments ("Party" here pretty clearly means a party to the treaty - read "signatory" if that helps) from making proprietary software illegal.
We can argue about whether that's a good thing, but it has no effect on copyleft, as section 3(a) makes clear.
- zmmmmm 11y agoSo, question is, where does a government owned / run entity (say, a university, in some countries sit), wrt being a "Party"? It seems to me this could still bring such entities into play if they are seen as acting on behalf of a "Party".
- maxerickson 11y agoAre there universities that can impose legal restrictions on imports?
- zmmmmm 11y agoI don't know, but I'm mostly concerned that "distribution" is included, because Universities certainly can impose restrictions on that, through copyright law.