> On Jun 4, 2019, at 1:28 AM, Brian Behlendorf <br...@behlendorf.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 3 Jun 2019, Christopher Sean Morrison via License-discuss wrote: >> There are myriad complexities and Gov’t players encounter not just a lack of >> support, but antagonistic and ill-informed opinions pervasive. As it stands >> GOSS is continuing to grow, despite a general lack of support and >> understanding, but I do believe we and the OSI can do better, can do more, >> and it will only help Open Source. > > For an oddball government open source licensing story of the day, check this > out: > > https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1784 > > <https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1784>
That is interesting, thanks for sharing. > The California Assembly just approved a bill, AB1784, that encourages the > development of Open Source (OSI-approved)-licensed elections software by > providing $16M worth of "matching funds" to CA counties (who actually buy > elections gear) when they procure such software. I feel this is an > appropriate use of my tax dollars and while no panacea for securing > elections, will hopefully lead to more public scrutiny in the process of > elections and more competition for procurement dollars. So far so good. I’m not as knowledgable in State rights, but I believe State governments receive copyright protection under Title 17 so long as it’s not their actual edicts / laws. This analysis seems to concur: https://garson-law.com/can-state-governments-own-rights-in-copyright/ <https://garson-law.com/can-state-governments-own-rights-in-copyright/> > I'd love to understand the arguments that led to the conclusion that GPLv3 > licensed works represent a greater public good here and thus justify more > subsidy than others. Me too! I wonder if public good was even the reasoning. It may simply be a preference, social agenda, or technical means to fulfill a transparency requirement. It's almost certainly discoverable if you can get ahold of the lead representative for the bill or, at worse, via the CPRA (state version of FOIA). Cheers! Sean
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