Hi, Lists: Because of all the copyright things that have been discussed on list recently, Ithought some Canadians may be interested to hear the news and have a say in Canadian Copyright.
Regards, Alex, Begin forwarded message: > From: Bill <bi...@uniserve.com> > Date: July 22, 2009 2:13:23 PM PDT > To: van...@robomod.net > Subject: Re: Canadian Government Asking Public about Copyright > > On Wed, 2009-22-07 at 15:53 -0400, Jose Da Silva wrote: >> Just saw this on slashdot right now, thought it worth putting >> in the list here in case readers here don't see slashdot. >> >> Watch out for long-line wrap. >> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/22/1756242/Canadian-Govt-Asks-Public-About-New-Copyright-Law >> > > Following one of the links: > Joseph Potvin, an economist at the Chief Information Officer Branch, > Treasury Board Secretariat, writes to note that the Government's > copyright consultation is running on open source software. The > consultation is using a Mongrel server built in Ruby-On-Rails on a > GNU/Linux machine. Sometimes actions speak louder than words. > > > OTOH: > > The notice of this Monday Round Table meeting wasn't issued > until last Friday. We had hints in the middle of last week, > but the website didn't go active until Monday. > > Several people were issued invitations to the private > Round Table meeting here in Vancouver. Others requested an > invitation and were granted one. On behalf of Vanlug and > FLOSS I requested an invitation and was told there were no > more seats available. In fact there was no one present from > the software industry. I was told there would be other > opportunities in Toronto and Montreal - as if there would > be unlimited seats available there. > > The consultation process will continue until September 13. > There are forum discussions on 5 critical topics. Written > submissions will also be accepted. Get involved. > http://copyright.econsultation.ca/ > > Along with the other members of the Vancouver Fair Copyright > Coalition, I am working now to organize a response to > persuade people to contribute to the process. So stay tuned. > > > b. > > -- > This message came to you via the Vancouver Linux Users Group mailing > list. > For unsubscription instructions do not email the list, but rather > send mail > to vanlug-requ...@robomod.net. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
