Comment on Someone posted the Source Code of the IRS's Directfile on Github

• chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sure, but you have to file FOIA and wait. It’s not truly open source.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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