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<p>Sure - volunteers to take this on very warmly welcomed. <br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Would improving the state of the art in open source help to defray its effects?
Yes, but no-one's going to do it.</pre>
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<p>I don't have time to do it, and neither does the rest of Council.
This is precisely my point. <br>
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<p>AJ is right to say it's the wrong attitude - so someone, please
go ahead and prove me wrong and take ownership of this task. <br>
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<p>Best, Kathy<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/12/18 8:32 pm, Paul Shirren via
linux-aus wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I am wondering it Linux Australia should try and get some clarification
about the responsibilities of open source contributors under the
legislation?
Would they have to comply with a technical assistance notice? Would
volunteers be treated the same as people paid to contribute to projects?
Does it matter that open source projects usually have a global user
base. What if the copyright is owned by others including
non-Australians? What about people packaging others code for a distro?
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