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Require Open Process Projects in Government
The government should have a good reason before it invests in closed software, content or database development. In general, information products funded by the public sector should be public products.
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Fred Smith 3 months ago
Government should use and contribute to open source initiatives. Unfortunately there are many terms of service, liability and other issues which hinder government participation. These obstacles are (slowly) being addressed. When government agencies can't turn to open source, they should at least investigate offering their data and content
through open APIs.
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