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Re:If Software Is Funded from a Public Source, Its Code Shou... by kuwze on Monday February 04, 2019 @03:07PM (#19080119)
Actually companies throw fits when the government contributes to open-source, especially when it comes to lucrative defense related stuff [0].

[0]: https://www.wired.com/2012/07/nsa-accumulo-google-bigtable/

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Re:If Software Is Funded from a Public Source, Its Code Shou... by sdinsn on Monday February 04, 2019 @03:18PM (#19080201)
That case is not at all related, please read more carefully:

> the committee questions whether Accumulo runs afoul of a government policy that prevents federal agencies from building their own software when they have access to commercial alternatives

The law exists to prevent wasting time & money, it has nothing to do with being open source.

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