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by angry_octet
2239 days ago
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The Australian Govt respects copyright a dictacted by legislation, rather than some general immunity concept. So particular legislation (such as FOI, Archives Act, etc) may dictate that copies are made and kept. In general, the Govt pays fees as would a commercial entity, but many of the use cases could be covered by a legislative requirement or a fair use provision, and it is rather baroque, and the process of legal reform is quite slow. https://www.alrc.gov.au/publication/copyright-and-the-digita... https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/government-alleged... As to software, I don't believe any part of the Australian Govt has been sued for violation of open source copyright, and it is generally taken quite seriously at agencies like CSIRO. It has always been a big talking point for MSFT and big integrators as a reason not to use open source though. |
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