Comment on Someone posted the Source Code of the IRS's Directfile on Github
grue@lemmy.world 1 week agoEverything the US Federal government produces is Public Domain, by law.
Comment on Someone posted the Source Code of the IRS's Directfile on Github
grue@lemmy.world 1 week agoEverything the US Federal government produces is Public Domain, by law.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Sure, but you have to file FOIA and wait. It’s not truly open source.
grue@lemmy.world 6 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 6 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.