Comment on Someone posted the Source Code of the IRS's Directfile on Github
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 6 days agoIt’s good in a sense that we can look over the code for any tomfoolery, but unless there is a smoking gun, it’s pretty worthless because it’s closed source by nature, and any changes they make won’t be published. Still, code nerds gonna code nerd.
grue@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Everything the US Federal government produces is Public Domain, by law.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Sure, but you have to file FOIA and wait. It’s not truly open source.
grue@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Public Domain meets the OSI’s definition of “open source” and the FSF’s definition of “Free Software.” What you’re describing is the state of it not being published yet.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You are correct. I guess what I should have said is that this is what they want us to see, no necessarily what they are using.