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Perhaps you can help me figure out this government copyright: http://www.reddit.com/r/COPYRIGHT/comments/1gsxxu/why_can_nasa_copyright_their_open_source_softwar

by adandy 13y ago

Perhaps you can help me figure out this government copyright: http://www.reddit.com/r/COPYRIGHT/comments/1gsxxu/why_can_nasa_copyright_their_open_source_software/ http://www.reddit.com/r/COPYRIGHT/comments/1gsxxu/why_can_na...

genwin 13y ago
Maybe that's for international protection as someone else reported in this thread. It seems that it's only in the US that NASA's works can't be copyrighted.
Samuel_Michon 13y ago
“Contract terms and conditions vary between agencies; contracts to NASA and the military may differ significantly from civilian agency contracts. Civilian agencies and NASA are guided by the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_the_U.S._government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_the...