> Just because public money was used to buy a service doesn't make the IP the property of the public. No, but it could. Might raise costs initially, but the id

> Just because public money was used to buy a service doesn't make the IP the property of the public. No, but it could. Might raise costs initially, but the idea is that enforcing such a spending policy would lower costs and reduce duplication long term. Not to mention that having law and beurocracy enforced by closed source systems is a major threat to freedom and democracy, of course.