On 2011-01-27, Stephen Hansen <me+list/pyt...@ixokai.io> wrote:
> On 1/27/11 10:04 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2011-01-27, Stephen Hansen <me+list/pyt...@ixokai.io> wrote:
>>
>>> In fact: everything that is "open source" is copyrighted. By
>>> definition[* see footnote].
>>
>> One (domestic US) exception would be open-source software written by
>> an employee of the US federal government. Works produced by the US
>> Government are not copyrighted under US domestic copyright law. Such
>> works are copyrighted under international law (which is probably what
>> the Python maintainers care about).
>
> I've actually wondered a bit about that: but the only open source
> software that I'm aware of that's been government-adjacent has ended
> up being written/owned by some University or joint venture funded by
> a government agency -- it didn't fall into the public domain category
> of content created directly by the federal government.
That seems to be the usual case.
> Are you aware of any code out there that is? Just curious. I'm not
> arguing that the exception doesn't exist or anything.
No, I can't point to anything significant or recent. I have vague
memories of stuff from a long time ago (back when open-source software
travelled hand-to-hand on DECUS tapes) written by people at NOAA or
USGS that was copyright-free.
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