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Open Source Effort To Codify America's "Operating System" Online

Posted by Soulskill on from the does-america-run-linux dept.

Rubinstien writes "O'Reilly Radar is reporting on an effort to produce Law.gov, 'America's Operating System, Open Source.' The group Public.Resource.Org seeks to 'create a solid business plan, technical specs, and enabling legislation for the federal government to create Law.gov. [They] envision Law.gov as a distributed, open source, authenticated registry and repository of all primary legal materials in the United States.' According to its new website, 'Law.gov would be similar to Data.gov, providing bulk data and feeds to commercial, non-commercial, and governmental organizations wishing to build web sites, operate legal information services, or otherwise use the raw materials of our democracy.'"

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  1. YA REILLY. by tepples · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fuck the Republican party.

    Wrong O'Reilly. This is Tim, not Bill.

  2. Bug Tracker? by Korin43 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Issue #15327: Government OS fails to load Constitution.inc. Error message is "But think of the children!"

    1. Re:Bug Tracker? by iiiears · · Score: 2, Funny

      tragedy_of_the_commons module consumes too many thread workers ...

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      15TW = 15,000 Nuclear Reactors. (Approx. one accident a month.)
  3. Spaghetti code by identity0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Refactor 200+ years of code written by a constantly changing development team with no central management, revision control, scope checking, flowcharting let alone UML diagrams, and text editor consisting of a feather and some ink?

    Sign me the fuck up!

  4. Re:I'm still trying to wrap my head around the tit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What does open access to laws have to do with operating systems

    Suing someone over any disagreement is standard operating procedure in the United States.

  5. Re:I'm still trying to wrap my head around the tit by buchner.johannes · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... an attempt to ride the Linux hype wave ...

    There is a 'Linux hype wave'? In which universe?

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    NB: The message above might reflect my opinion right now, but not necessarily tomorrow or next year.
  6. Time to reboot into safe mode by schwit1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Run a virus scan in safe mode to remove the parasites, aka lobbyist.

  7. Re:first post by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 1, Funny

    But it takes a Bush to lower the bar ;)