<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Motion for 2nd hearing in Lower House.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 at 23:59, Reuben Farrelly <<a href="mailto:reuben-ausnog@reub.net">reuben-ausnog@reub.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 5/12/2018 8:33 am, Nick Stallman wrote:<br>
> Also does this mean that the custom firmware for one or a handful of <br>
> targets is not a systemic weakness, but if (when) the custom firmware <br>
> leaks out publicly and can be used criminally, it suddenly does become a <br>
> systemic weakness?<br>
<br>
I wonder how this is all going to play out with license compliance of <br>
the GPL and other similar licenses, especially if there is talk about <br>
covertly modifying code or systems.<br>
<br>
Are these Government organisations also going to be also inherently <br>
violating (or forcing other parties to violate) the license terms of the <br>
GPL if they prohibit distribution of their modified and now vulnerable <br>
source code?<br>
<br>
If a company is instructed by law enforcement to insert a backdoor into <br>
an authors' code but not be permitted to distribute the source for the <br>
backdoor along with the original source code, will the author be able to <br>
sue the company under copyright law?<br>
<br>
Does the Australian Government think they are going to be able to <br>
encourage the likes of Lineage or a budget overseas tablet manufacturer <br>
to assist in providing private code for law enforcement purposes?<br>
<br>
I'm sure most politicians have already considered the licensing aspects <br>
of this though, so perhaps I need not worry. Perhaps the law of <br>
Australia will now trump the law of International Software Licenses too, <br>
in much the same way it trumps the laws of mathematics.<br>
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