Howdy all, The negotiations continue for extortionist mega-corporations, under the guise of the US Trade Representative office, using secretive international trade negotiations to bully Australia, and many other countries, to enact laws favourable only to those corporations. This is the Trans-Pacific Partnership <URL:http://tppaustralia.org/what-is-the-tppa/>. Our coming Free Software Melbourne meeting, Thursday 2014-07-17 from 18:00, will feature Jon Lawrence from Electronic Frontiers Foundation, to lead a discussion about this deal which will have profound effects on our software freedom in Australia and elsewhere. Definitely one not to miss! Please spread the word to people likely to be interested in this event and let us know.