On 11/08/2017 01:08 AM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
Public Money, Public Code.
Why is software created using taxpayers’ money not released as Free Software?
We want legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed for the public sector be made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software license. If it is public money, it should be public code as well.
Code paid by the people should be available to the people!
------- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison
Here in Vermont the state actually has holes in their public records laws to avoid releasing information about state used software. When their health system was hacked i did a public records request and they even refused to admitt that the site was run on Oracle forms - even though that was publically in the website html. Even worse they refused to release the results of their PEN testing. So much for "progressive" and "transparent" Vermont. --- Marina