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October Gnews
by Ben M 18 Oct '15

18 Oct '15

Hi all, I've just posted a link to this months Gnews in our past meetup page: http://freesoftware.org.au/melbourne/past-meet-ups/ ~~Ben M.

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'There Is No Human Right To Patent Protection' -- UN Special Rapporteur
by Andrew Pam 16 Oct '15

16 Oct '15

"There is no human right to patent protection. The right to protection of moral and material interests cannot be used to defend patent laws that inadequately respect the right to participate in cultural life, to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, to scientific freedoms and the right to food and health and the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities." <https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151013/09390532525/there-is-no-human-ri…> Looks like an interesting report. Cheers, Andrew

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EFA: Final Leaked TPP Text is All That We Feared
by Ben Finney 16 Oct '15

16 Oct '15

Howdy all, As discussed at this month's FSM meeting, the Trans-Pacific Partnership has been signed by many countries including Australia — all prior to any of those countries's citizens get to discuss what's in the agreement. The Electronic Frontiers Foundation analysed the final leaked text of the TPP, in particular its section on so-called “intellectual property”. Electronic Frontiers Australia has the story: Today [2015-10-09]'s release by Wikileaks of what is believed to be the current and essentially final version of the intellectual property (IP) chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) confirms our worst fears about the agreement, and dashes the few hopes that we held out that its most onerous provisions wouldn't survive to the end of the negotiations. <URL:https://www.efa.org.au/2015/10/12/final-leaked-tpp-text/> We still can stop this coming into effect in Australia. The agreement is international, but it only touches the ground when signatory countries convince their governments to enact laws. Our federal government needs to hear from all of us, and be convinced of the harms this awful deal with have for all citizens. If we don't make our voices loud, then the US Trade Representative, and the transnational corporations it represents, will be dominating our government's view on this. Stay tuned to the EFA as they rally for Australian citizens to stand against the undemocratic corruption of our freedoms. -- \ “A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.” | `\ —Adlai Ewing Stevenson | _o__) | Ben Finney

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Global Internet Experts Reveal Plan for More Secure, Reliable Wi-Fi Routers - and Internet
by Andrew Pam 15 Oct '15

15 Oct '15

"WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a letter submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Dave Täht, co-founder of the Bufferbloat Project, and Dr. Vinton Cerf, co-inventor of the Internet, along with more than 260 other global network and cybersecurity experts, responded to the newly proposed FCC rules laid out in ET Docket No. 15-170 for RF Devices such as Wi-Fi routers by unveiling a new approach to improve the security of these devices and ensure a faster, better, and more secure Internet." Starting with: 1. Any vendor of software-defined radio (SDR), wireless, or Wi-Fi radio must make public the full and maintained source code for the device driver and radio firmware in order to maintain FCC compliance. The source code should be in a buildable, change-controlled source code repository on the Internet, available for review and improvement by all. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151014005564/en#.Vh9bY1PsS6Z Important recommendations that I fully endorse. Regards, Andrew

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The inaugural free software Sydney conference is here to download, Andri Effendi - Free Software Australia
by Andri Effendi 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Hello Sydney and Melbourne folks, I am excited to announce after roughly a month of along waiting the free software Sydney inaugural meet online conference Recording is now available to download via bit torrent. Please download and I would appreciate if you are able to, to continue seeding this torrent. Here is the magnetic link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:X7ERDRA34QMVCPI4VS7ZPM3YBB6LI2SQ&dn=Free%20software%20Sydney%20inaugural%20meet.m4v&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexodus.desync.com%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337 My apologies about the long delay. There was some complications with file storage during editing process and I had to purchase a portable hard drive to store the project on as a results of an issue with the importing process which made the video size excessively huge whilst editing. The video is here now please share :) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. as there are many personal opinions that are expressed. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ Please contact me or Olivier through the mailing list if you need further information regarding the licensing. Kind Regards, -- Andri Effendi <fusionman133(a)gmx.de> GPG fingerprint: 8438 138D ECDA 05E0 591F F2B4 4721 0F03 AC24 DF73 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted.

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