Someone may have posted this already and I missed it, but: The Aus-US free trade agreement includes some measures to introduce software patents and anti-circumvention laws in Australia.
If you don't think this is a good idea and wish to register your protest, you can sign an online petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/auftaip/ -- Norman Gaywood, Systems Administrator School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +61 (0)2 6773 2412 http://turing.une.edu.au/~norm Fax: +61 (0)2 6773 3312 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
