Should Software Created By The Federal Gov't Be Open Source Licensed... ...

Should Software Created By The Federal Gov't Be Open Source Licensed... ...

Anil Dash recently alerted me to a White House petition to get "government-developed software" under an open source license for the sake of allowing others to build on it and approve it.

Software paid for by the government but developed by private contractors can be under copyright

What the influencers are saying

  1. Deb Bryant

    319.0 days ago

    thanks @anildash for helping raise the public discussion for the White House petition on open sourcing gov software http://t.co/sHmohLG0

  2. Alex Howard

    319.0 days ago

    MT @debbryant thanks @anildash for helping raise discussion on the @WhiteHouse petition on open sourcing gov software http://t.co/7N7beLOP

  3. John Moore

    319.0 days ago

    RT @GianlucaSgueo: Should Software Created By The Federal Gov't Be #OpenSource Licensed... Or Public Domain? http://t.co/F91wLCm6 #opendata



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