Tuesday, June 08, 2010

On failed consultations

ShamWow Minister Tony Clement tries to reassure one of his Twitter questioners that he'll look into the question of whether his government's copyright legislation effectively outlaws open-source software:
Relax-looking into it RT @abramh @TonyClement_MP refuses to acknowledge that #C32 bans Linux/Android/OpenSource/FreeSoftware
And of course it's completely to be expected that Clement would have absolutely no clue what impact C-32 might have on open-source content. After all, it's not as if the bill was drafted following a consultation process where that exact question was front and centre.

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