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Re: [OT] - Interesting politics and the GPL



Barney writes:
> On the contrary it suggests that the government sell the
> government(public) IP to companies and let them do what they want with
> it.

What they do now in most cases is let the company that developed the
software under contract retain all rights except for a non-exclusive
license granted to the government.  However, nothing requires the agencies
to do it this way.  I suspect that the congressmen want to make this
arrangement compulsory.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI



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