[00:55] <ibeardslee> yay software patents eh?
[20:52] <ajmitch> morning
[21:37] <olly> morning
[21:41] <chilts> morning
[21:41] <chilts> ibeardslee: yeah, good news!
[21:53] <ojwb> anyone else find it amusing that this was announced by the commerce minister - Craig *Foss*?
[21:54] <chilts> yeah, I noticed that too
[21:55]  * ojwb can't help thinking the fight probably isn't won yet
[21:56] <G> morning
[22:02] <mwhudson> morning
[22:03] <chilts> ojwb: indeed, once other countries start wading in
[22:03] <chilts> though, perhaps other countries will take note and start doing it themselves
[22:03] <chilts> like dominos
[22:03] <ojwb> we can only hope
[22:03] <mwhudson> swpatents or gay marriage?
[22:03] <chilts> laws seem to go in waves
[22:04] <ojwb> former
[22:04] <chilts> and yeah, I was just about to mentioned that about gay marriage
[22:04] <chilts> one does it, then the next feels that they're allowed to do it now
[22:04] <chilts> even though they're totally independent and could have done it anyway
[22:04] <ojwb> perhaps i'm selfish, but being neither gay nor married...
[22:07] <ojwb> be interesting to see a requirement to allow gay marriage rolled up into one of these multi-purpose "trade" agreements though
[22:07] <mwhudson> hah
[22:07] <mwhudson> that would be an excellent troll
[22:08] <chilts> heh
[22:11] <G> ojwb: so the issue of gay marriage would be a barrier to free trade? interesting... :)
[22:11] <ojwb> G: most of the things these treaties demand aren't barriers to free trade
[22:11] <ojwb> arguably many *introduce* barriers to free trade