Difference between revisions of "Free software in government"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
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 | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Status Quo == | ||
| + | Before 1710, there was no such thing as [[copyright]]. The way that government works are treated, since the founding of the U.S., is that the government can't compete with the citizens it represents. Thus, the government can not own copyright. Instead, copyright and other "intellectual property" is transferred to the people through a process called 'technology transfer'. However, that transfer is almost exclusively to corporations, so it's sadly not to the citizenry unless you call it some "trickle down" theory. <ref>The history is more complex, but I think it does actually summarize that way. Needs more research.</ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | For an example, consider the U. S. Dept. of Energy. They have an [http://energy.gov/gc/services/technology-transfer-and-procurement/office-assistant-general-counsel-technology-transfer Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property] that transfers these assets 'to the private sector'. Here is their [http://energy.gov/gc/services/technology-transfer-and-procurement/office-assistant-general-counsel-technology-transf-0 Intellectual Property Overview] and ][http://energy.gov/gc/services/technology-transfer-and-procurement/office-assistant-general-counsel-technology-transf-2 Technology Transfer Overview] | ||
== Some developer and/or public resources == | == Some developer and/or public resources == | ||
| Line 27: | Line 32: | ||
<li> [http://opencatalog.darpa.mil/ DARPA Open Catalog] | <li> [http://opencatalog.darpa.mil/ DARPA Open Catalog] | ||
</ol> | </ol> | ||
| + | |||
| + | {{References}} | ||
[[Category:Free Software]] | [[Category:Free Software]] | ||
