<div dir="ltr"><br style="user-select: auto;"><div class="gmail_quote" style="user-select: auto;"><div dir="ltr" style="user-select: auto;">On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:38 AM Jonathan Woithe via linux-aus <<a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
The nuts and bolts of the agreement were hammered out in November 2017, as<br style="user-select: auto;">
described here:<br style="user-select: auto;">
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<a href="http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/news/Pages/trans-pacific-partnership-ministerial-statement.aspx" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="user-select: auto;">http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/news/Pages/trans-pacific-partnership-ministerial-statement.aspx</a><br style="user-select: auto;">
<br style="user-select: auto;"></blockquote><div style="user-select: auto;"><br style="user-select: auto;"></div><div style="user-select: auto;">Further information specifically around this CPTPP appears to be at: <a href="http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/news/Pages/news.aspx#tpp-news-20180124" style="user-select: auto;">http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/news/Pages/news.aspx#tpp-news-20180124</a></div><div style="user-select: auto;"><br style="user-select: auto;"></div><div style="user-select: auto;">The full text is specifically not made available at this time ("The text of the agreement is currently undergoing a legal review and translation (French, Spanish), and will be made public on a date to be agreed by all Parties").</div><div style="user-select: auto;">It is of course possible to submit an FOI request against DFAT for this text, but such requests were unsuccessful for the TPP and are unlikely to be any different now. </div><div style="user-select: auto;"> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
The above is the result of a cursory look at the relevant documents. Others<br style="user-select: auto;">
with more familiarity of the subject may be able to provide more clarity and<br style="user-select: auto;">
determine whether we ought to be concerned about this latest development.<br style="user-select: auto;"></blockquote><div style="user-select: auto;"><br style="user-select: auto;"></div><div style="user-select: auto;">I am far from an authority around this, but I did author/co-author the 2 Linux Aus submissions that were made to DFAT (2014)[1] and JSCOT (2016)[2] for the TPP. These seemed to be mostly in line with our communities values. </div><div style="user-select: auto;"><br style="user-select: auto;"></div><div style="user-select: auto;">My personal opinion is that the final text of the TPP did soften some of the worst areas from the leaked drafts, but it still contained much to cause concern. </div><div style="user-select: auto;"><br style="user-select: auto;"></div><div style="user-select: auto;">If we assume that the TPP text hasn't been changed significantly outside of the sections that are suspended (This seems likely given the contents of the Annex 1 document [3]) then the main areas that I see of concern (In a rough order of importance) are:</div><div style="user-select: auto;">1) Mandatory anti-circumvention of TPM / digital locks laws (That must override existing fair use/dealing provisions)</div><div style="user-select: auto;">2) Extended copyright terms</div><div style="user-select: auto;">3) Restriction on governments being able to enforce their own open source licenses</div><div style="user-select: auto;">4) Restriction on governments mandating open source in tenders or requiring source code availability for safety reviews. </div><div style="user-select: auto;"><br style="user-select: auto;"></div><div style="user-select: auto;">I'll keep digging to see whether there is any more info available at the moment, but otherwise we're in a similar position to the TPP. That is, pressuring our representatives to at least discuss these concerns. The timeline around this appears to be a desire for ratification late in 2018, which may potentially be affected by an early election should one be called. </div><div style="user-select: auto;"><br style="user-select: auto;"></div><div style="user-select: auto;"><br style="user-select: auto;"></div><div style="user-select: auto;">Josh Stewart</div><div style="user-select: auto;"><br style="user-select: auto;"></div><div style="user-select: auto;">[1] <a href="http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/negotiations/Documents/tpp_sub_linux.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova";color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/negotiations/Documents/tpp_sub_linux.pdf</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova";color:rgb(53,55,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div><div style="user-select: auto;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova";color:rgb(53,55,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[2] </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:"Proxima Nova";color:rgb(53,55,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Treaties/9_February_2016/Submissions" style="user-select: auto;">http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Treaties/9_February_2016/Submissions</a> (Submission number 128)</span></div><div style="user-select: auto;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:"Proxima Nova";color:rgb(53,55,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[3] <a href="http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/news/Documents/annex-1.pdf">http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/news/Documents/annex-1.pdf</a></span></div></div></div>