Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 22 天前IRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill Itgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1235arrow-down1external-linkIRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill Itgizmodo.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 22 天前message-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·21 天前Isn’t most software made by the US government required to be open source anyway?
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·21 天前Actually, it’s illegal for them to make software copyleft :( We need to change that law :(
minus-squarejawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 天前That’s just untrue. The NSA even has a pretty cool repo.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-221 天前Unfortunately it’s not untrue. There are some exceptions to the law. Either NSA got an exception or their code is public domain
minus-squaresecret300@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·21 天前Ahahahahaha this is America we’re talking about
Isn’t most software made by the US government required to be open source anyway?
Actually, it’s illegal for them to make software copyleft :(
We need to change that law :(
That’s just untrue. The NSA even has a pretty cool repo.
Unfortunately it’s not untrue. There are some exceptions to the law.
Either NSA got an exception or their code is public domain
Ahahahahaha this is America we’re talking about