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See [[wp:Copyright status of work by the U.S. government]] | See [[wp:Copyright status of work by the U.S. government]] | ||
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Just one piece of that, the 'information community' is ~ $150 Billion dollars. | Just one piece of that, the 'information community' is ~ $150 Billion dollars. | ||
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− | "CENDI is a volunteer-powered membership organization that serves the federal information community - that is, all those who create, manage, aggregate, organize, and provide access to federally--section of federal data and publication providers, including libraries, data centers, aggregators, information technology developers, and content management providers." | + | "CENDI is a volunteer-powered membership organization that serves the federal information community - that is, all those who create, manage, aggregate, organize, and provide access to federally--section of federal data and publication providers, including libraries, data centers, aggregators, information technology developers, and content management providers." |
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CENDI provides some info on copyright as it applies to the US Government http://www.cendi.gov/publications/04-8copyright.html | CENDI provides some info on copyright as it applies to the US Government http://www.cendi.gov/publications/04-8copyright.html | ||
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So what are "We The People" getting for our money? Specifically, what are these expenditures producing in terms of technology freedom? Very little. Almost nothing. But we can work for change. | So what are "We The People" getting for our money? Specifically, what are these expenditures producing in terms of technology freedom? Very little. Almost nothing. But we can work for change. | ||
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== Free software available now == | == Free software available now == | ||
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− | <li> The White House [[[Drupal]] (licensed under the GPLv2 or later). Public Domain software and GPL software can happily co-exist. | + | <li> The White House [[[Drupal]] (licensed under the GPLv2 or later). Public Domain software and GPL software can happily co-exist. |
<li> [http://opencatalog.darpa.mil/ DARPA Open Catalog] | <li> [http://opencatalog.darpa.mil/ DARPA Open Catalog] | ||
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[[Category:Free Software]] | [[Category:Free Software]] |