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Ageing AUUG faces call to disband

The Australian Unix and Open Systems Users Group (AUUG) today faced a call from past president Greg Lehey to dismantle the 31-year-old organisation. Read more »

Thousands of AU developers protest US trade pact

Almost 3,000 developers from Australia and abroad have voiced their opposition to the proposed intellectual property clauses in the United States-Australia Free Trade agreement. Read more »

Linux Australia honours IP lawyer

Law professor and intellectual property expert Kimberlee Weatherall was honoured with an award for service to the open source community Read more »

Rift divides FOSS community, says Linux body

Linux Australia's immediate past president believes moderate open source developers are being pushed into "a refugee situation" between the 'free software' and 'commercial' hardliners. Read more »

AU FOSS bodies blast US free-trade deal

Australia's national open source industry body, OSIA (Open Source Industry Australia), and Linux Australia have spoken out about their concerns over the proposed Australian-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA), warning that the legal framework of the intellectual property clauses will put the entire Australian software development industry at risk. Read more »

SCO finalising plans for Aust Linux onslaught

Australia's corporate community will get their first real taste of the SCO Group's campaign for compensation for alleged intellectual property breaches involving Linux before the end of the first quarter. Read more »

Patent fear plagues Aussie developers

Patents are being used as an offensive measure," John MacPhail, a partner at Baker & McKenzie, told attendees at forum on software patents in Sydney on Wednesday. Read more »

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A patently bad idea?

So you've developed software that is going to change the world only to discover another company holds the patent for your idea. Are patents protecting or destroying the software industry? Read more »

Talking IP with Kimberlee Weatherall and Rusty Russell

Law professor and intellectual property expert Kimberlee Weatherall and Linux Australia's IP Policy Adviser, Rusty Russell, talk about the new intellectual property laws Read more »

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