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Government-Funded GPL Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the buy-a-gnu-or-two dept.

tgw writes "Tom Adelstein has an article in 'Linux Journal' on how a major milestone in US government-funded OSS recently passed - virtually unnoticed." Slashdot has mentioned this company earlier.

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  1. agreed by Pendos · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I think its a good move on their part. Does make sense. ---------------

  2. Any mirrors of the download? by JSBiff · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Since it's GPL'ed, and since I don't want to fill out that stupid contact info form, can someone just mirror the file? Thx.

  3. Re:Software paid via public funding should not be by fcecin · · Score: -1, Redundant
    You are absolutely right. But if the government can get around this with closed-source by contracting things out, you'll have to forgive me if I don't shed a tear if they do the same with open-source software.
    Since I can't say any better nor moderate I'll just quote this...