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The kernel and BitKeeper part ways

The kernel and BitKeeper part ways

Posted Apr 7, 2005 12:43 UTC (Thu) by xanni (subscriber, #361)
In reply to: The kernel and BitKeeper part ways by rjw
Parent article: The kernel and BitKeeper part ways

Unfortunately this is no longer the case in Australia. After signing the so-called "Free Trade Agreement" with the USA, courts in Australia now interpret copying into RAM as "fixing in a tangible medium", which means that loading a program or data into memory is subject to copyright law and must be authorised by the copyright holder.


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