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Why do they have a LICENCE file with the Apache Licence in it? As a work of the federal government this is public domain by definition, isn't it? edit: Oh, out
by xxpor 8y ago
Why do they have a LICENCE file with the Apache Licence in it? As a work of the federal government this is public domain by definition, isn't it?
edit: Oh, outside contributors of course retain their own copyright. That's what's licenced.
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/master/NOTICE https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/master...
- paxys 8y agoThey can also enforce copyright in other countries.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoCan they? How's that work, surely a resident in USA could take the work to the other country and make it available, if they can't then it wasn't public domain in the first place? Can you point me to any caselaw/ analysis please?
- MileyCyrax 8y agoI don't quite get it either, but one of their documentation files seems to imply that they can: >In countries where copyright protection is available (which does not include the U.S.), contributions made by U.S. Federal Government employees are released under the License. Merged contributions from private contributors are released under the License. https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/master/INTENT.md https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/master...
- webninja 8y agoGuns
- vharuck 8y agoA common work-around is for a federal agency to hire a contractor to write software and require the copyright be transferred as part of the contract. The federal government can hold copyrights, so it's legally kosher.