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Library of Congress Explores Ways To Release OS Software

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the all-about-transparency dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Library of Congress has established an internal process to start creating more open source software which will make it easier for software developers and sponsors within the Library to produce software that can be freely redistributed to users worldwide. The Library has released some open source software to this point, concentrating on developing tools that support digital preservation processes, including the secure transfer of digital files. This includes the release of a full suite of digital content transfer tools that support the Bagit specification."

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  1. So what happens if... by starbugs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think this is great news, but what happens if inadvertently some of this software infringes on a patent or two?

  2. Re:How many Libraries Of Congress... by MichaelSmith · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How many Libraries Of Congress will the source code amount to?

    One, by definition. This is going to be quite useful.

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  3. Re:How many Libraries Of Congress... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No; but it hasn't often been the case, historically speaking, that you could store a LoC(or period equivalent big serious repository of knowledge) for the price of a not-especially-thrilling week's wage...