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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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The White House is considering an "open source" initiative to publish more code under an open license. I'm proposing an even better option: Free Software by default. | The White House is considering an "open source" initiative to publish more code under an open license. I'm proposing an even better option: Free Software by default. | ||
https://github.com/WhiteHouse/source-code-policy/pull/78 | https://github.com/WhiteHouse/source-code-policy/pull/78 | ||
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== Some developer and/or public resources == | == Some developer and/or public resources == | ||
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# https://www.itdashboard.gov/ | # https://www.itdashboard.gov/ | ||
# https://www.usaspending.gov/Pages/Default.aspx | # https://www.usaspending.gov/Pages/Default.aspx | ||
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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]] |