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Generally no. Data you get from FOIA requests is generally limited with what you can do with it. State specific laws, your use-case not withstanding
by edoceo 6y ago
Generally no. Data you get from FOIA requests is generally limited with what you can do with it. State specific laws, your use-case not withstanding
- EvanAnderson 6y agoThe IRS is a US federal agency, though. They can claim no copyright on the code. It should be be public domain.
- vharuck 6y agoUnless it was written by a contractor who then gave the copyright to the IRS. This is a very common situation. The federal government is not barred from having copyrights.
- EvanAnderson 6y agoThat would be a fun legal rabbit hole to descend into.
- ohyeshedid 6y agoI don't know about fun, but it would definitely be expensive.
- EvanAnderson 6y ago"Fun" from a research perspective. (I've got friends who are IP lawyers and enjoy talking about this stuff.)
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoFOIA results can definitely go into public domain. That's sort of the point.
- ska 6y ago> That's sort of the point. It really isn't - the point is freedom access, not free use. Information acquired this way doesn't magically become public domain, it may (or may not) have other constraints on it. See e.g. https://www.justice.gov/oip/blog/foia-update-oip-guidance-copyrighted-materials-and-foia https://www.justice.gov/oip/blog/foia-update-oip-guidance-co...