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> Here there is an inexplicable conflation between “open data,” which has a long legacy in the USG and stems from decades old principles that the USG should not
by microcolonel 9y ago
> Here there is an inexplicable conflation between “open data,” which has a long legacy in the USG and stems from decades old principles that the USG should not hold copyrights
It is explicit that the United States Government can not hold U.S. copyrights on government works, that's not a "false narrative", that is the law[0].
[0]: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/105 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/105
- fourthark 9y agoWow, so open sourcing is the only way they can be sure to hold onto the software they pay to have made for them...
- WorldMaker 9y agoI wonder if the founders were establishing copyright today if they would intentionally make government works "copyleft" instead of just public domain.