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Re:Copyleft terms may become unenforceable in 11 countries d... by kcolford on Thursday June 14, 2018 @02:53PM (#17314336)
This phrasing may be slightly deceptive, but in this instance the word "Party" specifically refers to the countries (and/or their respective government) signing this agreement.

All in all, it only says that a government cannot demand the source code to a piece of software that is being exported from another country. Although, they can still force a software developer in their own country to give up the source code to a piece of software. It goes on to add some exceptions but is otherwise very inconsequential.

I am not a lawyer, but this a paraphrasing of an explanation given to me by someone who is a copyright/securities lawyer in one of the member countries (Canada).

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Re:Copyleft terms may become unenforceable in 11 countries d... by coldacid on Thursday June 14, 2018 @03:18PM (#17314529)
How does one specialize in both copyright _and_ securities law? I could understand copyright and real estate or securities and corporate law, but that seems to be a novel pairing.
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