Hi Folks, Here's a petition calling for transparency in the negotiation of the TPP agreement. I'd encourage you to take a look: http://stopthetrap.net/ You may be aware that TPP is a trade agreement currently being negotiated in secret by governments around the world. Brett Smith's recent talk in Melbourne touched on some of the problems for free software: - expanding the scope of patents to cover any process with industrial applications—likely including software, - making it illegal to use or share software or other information that might circumvent Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) on copyrighted works, - forcing everyone who registers an Internet domain name to provide accurate legal contact information, and - imposing harsh enforcement schemes for these provisions, as well as existing copyright, patent, and trademark law. FYI, I saw this petition through http://sumofus.org/. They're calling it "the worst treaty in history. Nice touch! Regards, Ben