[AusNOG] Assistance and Access Bill moves to PJCIS

[Paul Wilkins]

Motion for 2nd hearing in Lower House.

On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 at 23:59, Reuben Farrelly <reuben-ausnog at reub.net> wrote:

> On 5/12/2018 8:33 am, Nick Stallman wrote:
> > Also does this mean that the custom firmware for one or a handful of
> > targets is not a systemic weakness, but if (when) the custom firmware
> > leaks out publicly and can be used criminally, it suddenly does become a
> > systemic weakness?
>
> I wonder how this is all going to play out with license compliance of
> the GPL and other similar licenses, especially if there is talk about
> covertly modifying code or systems.
>
> Are these Government organisations also going to be also inherently
> violating (or forcing other parties to violate) the license terms of the
> GPL if they prohibit distribution of their modified and now vulnerable
> source code?
>
> If a company is instructed by law enforcement to insert a backdoor into
> an authors' code but not be permitted to distribute the source for the
> backdoor along with the original source code, will the author be able to
> sue the company under copyright law?
>
> Does the Australian Government think they are going to be able to
> encourage the likes of Lineage or a budget overseas tablet manufacturer
> to assist in providing private code for law enforcement purposes?
>
> I'm sure most politicians have already considered the licensing aspects
> of this though, so perhaps I need not worry.  Perhaps the law of
> Australia will now trump the law of International Software Licenses too,
> in much the same way it trumps the laws of mathematics.
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