Why isn't all government software open source?

Posted by bob on Aug 14, 2014 10:03 AM EDT
Opensource.com		Mail this story
Print this story

The federal government is the single largest purchaser of code in the world. So why is this code—taxpayer-funded and integral to the day-to-day working of our democracy—so often hidden from public view? There are two sides to answering that question: Why does the government so often build on closed platforms, and once built, why isn't the code released to the public? read more

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: News Story

« Return to the newswire homepage

Subject Topic Starter Replies Views Last Post
FUD about FUD me1010 21 1,747 Aug 15, 2014 5:16 PM

You cannot post until you login.