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Re:Request: Officially oppose TPP Source Code provision by etherealmachine on Thursday November 05, 2015 @06:01PM (#10516752)
From the text of the TPP: "Party means any State or separate customs territory for which this Agreement is in force;"

So that would seem to not include citizens or corporations of the State itself.

Edit: This is a good general skill to remember in reading/drafting your own contracts. Capitalized terms usually have a definition in the contract that might be different from what you expect.

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Re:Request: Officially oppose TPP Source Code provision by _rpd on Thursday November 05, 2015 @06:42PM (#10516910)
> 1. No Party shall require the transfer of, or access to, source code of software owned by a person of another Party, as a condition for the import, distribution, sale or use of such software, or of products containing such software, in its territory.

Could it affect the international enforceability of open source licenses?

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