[d@DCC] Are there "diff"s available for amendments?

From: "Denver Gingerich" <denver _-at-_ ossguy.com>
To: discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:05:01 -0500

I was reading through Bill C-60 recently and found it very annoying to
have to look at the Copyright Act to provide context when I saw
phrases like "Paragraph 2.4(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the
following:".  While it is probably necessary to have this kind of
description for amendments, I find it much easier to read these sorts
of changes in a format like MediaWiki's difference viewer [1].

For example, to show BIll C-60 in a "diff"-like format, one might run
MediaWiki's difference engine (or GNU diff or your favourite diff
tool) on the Copyright Act before Bill C-60 is applied and after it is
applied.

Is there a place where one can get a more "diff"-like view of
amendments, especially those described in bills like C-60?

Denver


1. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_C-60&diff=60438578&oldid=60436920
- a random example of common difference viewer output
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