Why shouldn't government software be open-source? We pay for the government's very existence through tax funds. We should be able to see what the developers are doing and contribute to that. It's a way for (1) the government to escape the stranglehold of money-hungry private consultants (note that I said money-hungry, if you are not money hungry, you are exempted from that statement) like the MetroCard fiasco and (2) developers can do something to help their commmunity. Everybody wins...except the aforementioned money-hungry consultants.
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Why shouldn't government software be open-source? We pay for the government's very existence through tax funds. We should be able to see what the developers are doing and contribute to that. It's a way for (1) the government to escape the stranglehold of money-hungry private consultants (note that I said money-hungry, if you are not money hungry, you are exempted from that statement) like the MetroCard fiasco and (2) developers can do something to help their commmunity. Everybody wins...except the aforementioned money-hungry consultants.