<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>If you check the list of supporters in the kickstarted campaign, you'll see that one support is Scott Ludlam, a Greens senator.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't know what $$$ amount he contributed towards the cost of the FOI campaign, but I think it's clear that the campaign has rusted in grabbing public attention, in ways that are probably more valuable than any amount of money the campaign could raise.<br><br><br></div><div><br>On 10 Jul 2014, at 20:09, Euan de Kock <<a href="mailto:euan@dekock.net">euan@dekock.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br>
It looks like there has been some very positive changes on this...<br>
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/10/secret_senate_software_stoush_greens_intervene">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/10/secret_senate_software_stoush_greens_intervene</a>/<br>
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Euan deKock<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 July 2014 8:03:42 PM AWST, Chris Neugebauer <<a href="mailto:chrisjrn@gmail.com">chrisjrn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">Hello all,<br><br>Council adopted the following motion during its last meeting,<br>contributing to Michael's fund:<br><br>MOTION: To consider the GRANT REQUEST proposed by CHRISTOPHER<br>NEUGEBAUER to support the efforts of MICHAEL CORDOVER to have the<br>Senate voting software ‘Easycount’ released under FOI request, funded<br>through crowdsourcing platform, Pozible, to a cost of $AUD 150.<br><br>Council noted the strong community support for this campaign, and<br>noted that this is an excellent opportunity for Linux Australia to<br>seek the release of source code from government. Noted that this<br>action is generally in line with our values. Council did discuss the<br>distinction between open government and open source, and noted that<br>the chances of the code being released under an open source license<br>are remote. Council noted the relationship between this work and trade<br>secrets.<br><br>MOTION proposed by
JOSHUA HESKETH on behalf of CHRISTOPHER NEUGEBAUER<br>(abstaining as GRANT REQUESTOR)<br>MOTION SECONDED by KATHY REID<br>MOTION CARRIED unanimously with one abstention<br><br>ACTION: CHRISTOPHER NEUGEBAUER to work with FRANCOIS MARIER to arrange payment<br><br><br>On 23 June 2014 11:56, Chris Neugebauer <<a href="mailto:chrisjrn@gmail.com">chrisjrn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hey all,<br><br> One of our members, Michael Cordover, has been going through the<br> Freedom of Information process to gain access to the source code used<br> by the Australian Electoral Commision to tally Senate votes in<br> Australian federal elections.<br><br> Michael's process, including all correspondence with the AEC, has been<br> thoroughly documented here at [0].<br><br> The AEC declined the FOI request, and Michael is currently seeking<br> appeal through the administrative appeals
tribunal, as the free review<br> process was performed by the OAIC, a body being disbanded through the<br> 2014-15 federal budget process.<br><br> The appeal requires a lodgement fee of some $850. Michael is in the<br> process of crowd funding this request [1].<br><br> Whilst I'm not a lawyer, I've been following the process quite closely<br> since it started, and have been deeply bemused by the AEC's arguments,<br> which I personally feel are either technically flawed or absurd.<br><br> I believe that the goal of the FOI request, and associated review, is<br> well in line with Linux Australia's values [2], in particular, that of<br> "Freedom", which explicitly states:<br><br> "We value free access to, sharing of and repurposing of information,<br> in particular that information held by the public sector."<br><br> I'd like to request that, as a showing of support, Linux Australia<br> make a small contribution, not exceeding $150 to the
crowdfunding<br> campaign.<br><br><br> --Chris<br><br> [0] <a href="http://easycount.mjec.net">http://easycount.mjec.net</a>/<br> [1] <a href="http://www.pozible.com/project/183015">http://www.pozible.com/project/183015</a><br> [2] <a href="http://linux.org.au/values">http://linux.org.au/values</a><br><br> --<br> --Christopher Neugebauer<br><br> Jabber: <a href="mailto:chrisjrn@gmail.com">chrisjrn@gmail.com</a> -- IRC: chrisjrn on <a href="http://irc.freenode.net">irc.freenode.net</a> --<br> WWW: <a href="http://chris.neugebauer.id.au">http://chris.neugebauer.id.au</a> -- Twitter: @chrisjrn<br></blockquote><br><br></pre></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>linux-aus mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/linux-aus">http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/linux-aus</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>