* Cem F. Karan: >> In the past, I think the main problem with U.S. government works was that >> some agencies merely repeated the legal situation regarding >> copyright in government works, and it was not very clear if those agencies >> intended to pursue copyright claims abroad (perhaps even >> requiring compliance with proprietary licenses). Your proposal would >> completely address that issue, I think. > > Can you point me to where this was discussed? There are some people within > the USG that need to read that conversation ASAP.
I think the most recent discussion may have been this: <https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2016/03/msg00010.html> The agency in question went beyond the usual, though, explicitly addressing the problem. This discussion resurfaces periodically: <https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/01/msg00067.html> <https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/04/msg00164.html> I can't find more discussions about specific pieces of software and their licensing terms, though. I can try harder if it's really important to move beyond abstract concerns.
