USDoD Launches Code.mil Open Source Initiative(defense.gov)

4 pointsby ianaphysicist9 lat temu2 comments

USDoD Launches Code.mil Open Source Initiative

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/1092364/dod-announces-the-launch-of-codemil-an-experiment-in-open-source

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aanm19889 lat temu

I wonder how much work the government could reasonably crowdsource.

From license.md on their github

> We hope to also support GPLv3 for a project, but the weirdness of not having copyright makes that a little more difficult.

Are they meaning strong copyleft here? I thought maintaining and using copyright law to enforce copyleft provisions was a key idea of the GPL?

tomberek9 lat temu

US Federal employees don't have copyright on their work. That statement in license.md refers to how it is clearer how to get to a permissive license via the contract-theory mechanism, GPLv3 is more reliant on copyright as the mechanism of providing its protection of software freedom. This is still a work-in-progress and needs public/community review.