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Seems like in your example they should make or buy as they see best fit, but if they make they should make it public. If it could conceivably be a military secr
by burnished 3y ago
Seems like in your example they should make or buy as they see best fit, but if they make they should make it public. If it could conceivably be a military secret then I expect it would be exempt.
I don't see anything about copyleft style policies here which you seem to be referencing heavily, where are you getting that from?
- GabeIsko 3y agoBut that is how the government operates - what is the point of requiring the government to have all the software they develop be open source when they are contracting out all software development to contractors that develop on proprietary platforms? It's not like the government is hiring software engineers in a meaningful capacity, at least not the US government.
- burnished 3y agoI don't know what to tell you (tried and failed to get a number for programmers employed by the USG, its enough that they have a reputation for not paying as well as private sector), but it sounds like you made up a requirement and got mad about it?
- GabeIsko 3y agoI'm not mad. But if your goal is to open source code and software developed with taxpayer money, its not as straightforward as this initiative makes it out to be.