Considering the existence of crown copyright, I'm surprised you would expect anything from the UK gov to be open source or similar.
One of my favorite things about the US is that works of the Federal government are public domain. It speaks to the fact the government is representative of the people themselves, not a particular person.
Now granted, universities don't have to release their publicly funded work either in the US, but I think that should be changed.
One of my favorite things about the US is that works of the Federal government are public domain. It speaks to the fact the government is representative of the people themselves, not a particular person.
Now granted, universities don't have to release their publicly funded work either in the US, but I think that should be changed.