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The IRS vs. Open Source

Posted by timothy on from the why-are-you-depriving-them-of-revenue? dept.

simonstl writes "The IRS wasn't after just the Tea Party, Progressives, or Medical Marijuana: Open Source Software was a regular on IRS watch lists from 2010 to 2012. Did they think it was a for-profit scam, or did they just not understand the approach?"

4 of 356 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Open source equates to freedom. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would the freest country in the world (except, perhaps, Iceland) be against it?

  2. scrutiny is normal by OglinTatas · · Score: 4, Funny

    Review and investigation of applications is to be expected in any organization.

    Only the FISA court approves applications without review

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  3. Re:Tax dodge by CannonballHead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh come on now. If your answer for why the IRS does something doesn't include something evil, it's clearly not the right answer. ;)

  4. Re:Open source equates to freedom. by 0123456 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why would the freest country in the world (except, perhaps, Iceland) be against it?

    Damn.. and I just ran out of mod points.