>>From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@lists.opensource.org] >>On Behalf Of John Cowan >>Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 1:24 PM >>To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org >>Subject: Re: [License-discuss] Government licenses
>>Government code is only public domain if it is written by actual government >>*employees* like Arthur David Olson (creator of the Olson timezone database >>and supporting code, now maintained at <https://www.iana.org/time-zones>. >>If software >>written by government *contractors*, which much of it is, its >>copyright status is whatever the contract says, and typically the contractor >>retains that copyright. So, basically, just like every other coder out there without a US employee badge. The coders who use the licenses already on the list.
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