Open Source Victoria, a government-funded software body, published a briefing paper on Tuesday designed to demystify some of the legal issues surrounding copyrights and patents in the software industry.
Federal parliament is unlikely to debate the Democrats' proposed open source software bill, according to the Senator shepherding the legislation, Brian Greig.
U.S.-based lobby group the Initiative for Software Choice (ISC) is escalating its efforts to stymie the progress of legislation promoting the use of open source software in government departments in Australia.
More and more governments around the world are requiring their agencies to use free or open source software and use proprietary software only as a last resort. Microsoft is working overtime to quell the revolution.
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