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Re:Why I self host my servers (and what I've recently learned) by transpute on Thursday September 05, 2024 @08:55PM (#41461824)
> governments should not host public items on private servers

Some works of the US federal government are not subject to copyright and can be mirrored freely.

What licenses do city government use to release public information?

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Re:Why I self host my servers (and what I've recently learned) by stackskipton on Thursday September 05, 2024 @09:05PM (#41461875)
Depends on the city/state laws but vast majority of the time, it's all public domain under FOIA laws. City/State won't say that because it's assumed.
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Re:Why I self host my servers (and what I've recently learned) by transpute on Thursday September 05, 2024 @09:10PM (#41461903)
Local newspapers could mirror public domain citygov content, providing a public service and growing their online traffic.
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