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by vesinisa 2628 days ago
I must applaud your legislators for their foresight when they wrote the federal copyright charter. All works by. U.S. federal employees are in public domain, forming one of the planet's largest bodies of free online resources. The cultural impact of this collection is considerable also globally.

In my country, all tax-funded government works are copyrighted. It's an ongoing battle to make each department release their works under a free license, and massive bodies of government-owned digitized cultural works sadly remain accessible only to those who pay for them.
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jrochkind1 2628 days ago
Doesn't apply to works by contractors paid by the government though. I don't know which this font is.
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EricE 2628 days ago
> Doesn't apply to works by contractors paid by the government though.

Depends on the terms and conditions of the contract. Keep trying to get people to ensure they secure rights for the government by default but it's a constant struggle to get people to sweat the details :p

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vesinisa 2628 days ago
Seems to be Open Font License since the font is based on Libre Franklin, which is OFL licensed.
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dclowd9901 2628 days ago
Applaud us when getting FOIA requests responded to doesn’t require retaining lawyers.
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codetrotter 2628 days ago
We should always demand more from our governments. But we should also celebrate them for doing good. The politicians and government workers are people too, and while different people have different motivations I know that I am not alone in valuing praise from others highly.

If all someone hears is complaints, I think they are probably more likely to burn out. I don’t have any source to back this claim, but it’s how I think it is.

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brooksgarrett 2628 days ago
Not data but a strong anecdote to support your assertion: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/04/08/linux...
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shaki-dora 2628 days ago
Indeed! If people just assume you’re corrupt, incompetent, lazy, etc: why even try?
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dclowd9901 2628 days ago
I have very high standards, but expecting public information to be public wouldn’t even be meeting those. It would be meeting one of my most basic standards.

To reject and fight FOIA requests takes _effort_, more so than simply complying with them. So no, I will not applaud shit. Our government needs to get past “basically good” before I praise them for frosting like this.

But feel free to embrace your feel good powwow approach. It’s done us so well so far.

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