TISA Agreement Might Outlaw Governments From Mandating Open Source Software In Many Situations

Posted by 420Penguin on Jun 7, 2015 5:48 AM
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Article 6 of the TISA agreement, the "Trade In Services Agreement" which is another secretive trade agreement involving a ton of countries, which will likely have an impact on the internet, seems to prevent governments from transferring source code as a condition of providing services. It seems likely that any government that ratifies the agreement could not then do something like mandate governments use open source office products.

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