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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]]


 


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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# [http://ben.balter.com/2016/04/11/white-house-open-source-missed-opportunity/ The missed opportunity that is the White House Open Source Policy] - 2016 by Ben Balter (Attorney, developer, product manager, GitHub employee) [https://fcw.com/articles/2016/04/11/balter-open-source-opinion.aspx repost of this article]  
# [http://ben.balter.com/2016/04/11/white-house-open-source-missed-opportunity/ The missed opportunity that is the White House Open Source Policy] - 2016 by Ben Balter (Attorney, developer, product manager, GitHub employee) [https://fcw.com/articles/2016/04/11/balter-open-source-opinion.aspx repost of this article]  
# https://fcw.com/home.aspx FCW - 'The Business of Federal Technology'
# https://fcw.com/home.aspx FCW - 'The Business of Federal Technology'
# [http://dodcio.defense.gov/OpenSourceSoftwareFAQ.aspx U.S. Department of Defense - Chief Information Officer Open Source Software FAQ]


== 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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