> "code is law" ... Why is software treated as something to be outsourced to a private sector company? Don't worry, many governments effectively outsource legi

> "code is law" ... Why is software treated as something to be outsourced to a private sector company? Don't worry, many governments effectively outsource legislation to commercial lobbying bodies who feed draft and proposals to parliamentarians. Prominent example: The American Legislative Exchange Council, which even formalizes this practice. Why can't we have "civil programmers" who contribute to an ever growing body of public code just as the legislative process contributes to an ever growing body of laws. This body of civil programmers (terrible name but hey) could also work hand in hand with the open source community, letting stakeholders (citizens) contribute too.