Another secret treaty that limits protection for ordinary people, restricts how countries can improve their citizen's lives, and helps large companies make more money. sigh

Another secret treaty that limits protection for ordinary people, restricts how countries can improve their citizen's lives, and helps large companies make more money. sigh

Originally shared by Daniel Mack

"But the latest leak has revealed more. The agreement would also prohibit countries from enacting free and open source software mandates. Although “software used for critical infrastructure” is already carved out from this prohibition (and so is software that is not “mass market software”, whatever that means), there are other circumstances in which a country might legitimately require suppliers to disclose their source code."

#TISA


https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/05/tisa-yet-another-leaked-treaty-youve-never-heard-makes-secret-rules-internet
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/05/tisa-yet-another-leaked-treaty-youve-never-heard-makes-secret-rules-internet

Comments

  1. Andreas Jellinghaus29 May 2015 at 07:45

    Please remind me: why again are secret laws lawful?

    Naively I suspected laws must be public and actions based one other "laws" would not help you in any defense? Or is it simply the choice of the state to apply the law to most but not all people and those secret laws are the rules for that?

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  2. Lars Clausen29 May 2015 at 08:10

    Oh, the laws will be public. But the laws will be considered "required" because they fulfill the treaty requirements. It's very sneaky.

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