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In the US the government isn't even allowed to hold copyright on its works — the taxpayers funded it, so all Government publishings must be public domain. In t
by blasdel 16y ago
In the US the government isn't even allowed to hold copyright on its works — the taxpayers funded it, so all Government publishings must be public domain.
In the UK and Commonwealth countries the Crown holds full copyright by default over all government works.
- flipbrad 16y agoThat's absolutely true. Rather than give up copyright, it's now very slowly turning to releasing stuff under open licence, the Open Government Licence (OGL): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/uk-gov-licensing-framework.htm http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/uk...