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The TPP E-Commerce chapter has a provision banning requirements to transfer or provide access to software source code. This applies to "mass market software."
Article 14.17: Source Code
1. No Party shall require the transfer of, or access to, source code of software owned by a person of another Party, as a condition for the import, distribution, sale or use of such software, or of products containing such software, in its territory.
2. For the purposes of this Article, software subject to paragraph 1 is limited to mass-market software or products containing such software and does not include software used for critical infrastructure.
3. Nothing in this Article shall preclude:
(a) the inclusion or implementation of terms and conditions related to the provision of source code in commercially negotiated contracts; or
(b) a Party from requiring the modification of source code of software necessary for that software to comply with laws or regulations which are not inconsistent with this Agreement.
4. This Article shall not be construed to affect requirements that relate to patent applications or granted patents, including any orders made by a judicial authority in relation to patent disputes, subject to safeguards against unauthorised disclosure under the law or practice of a Party.I'm wondering how the GPL fares here, and how much money Microsoft spent lobbying to get this included in the TPP, or if the NSA has a role in this. One aspect of this provision is that governments cannot insist on source code transparency, for mass market software, even to address concerns over security or interoperability.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday November 07 2015, @12:18PM
The internet is as much just computers connected with a cord as a computer is just a collection of electronic components connected with wires, the human brain is just neurons connected with synapses, or humans are just heaps of cells connected with whatever means cells have to connect to each other. That is, as much as it is technically true (well, almost), it misses the point.
What the internet is is a massive worldwide data routing infrastructure with standardized open protocols.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by zugedneb on Saturday November 07 2015, @04:44PM
What the internet is is a massive worldwide data routing infrastructure with standardized open protocols.
What I meant is that there is no "the" before the internet.
It is *any* worldwide data routing infrastructure with *any* standardized open protocol...
I can make one. You can make one. *Anyone* can make one.
It can span cities, countries or just the neighborhood.
If some one tries to "shut" it down, you still have all the rest, except the ones trying to shut it down...
This understanding will dawn on man, but not because benevolent technicians tried to explain networking to them, but because each political block will have their own "internet", and so, it will be evident to even idiots how the network works...
old saying: "a troll is a window into the soul of humanity" + also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax