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Why GPL is good for government code (Score:1)

by fridge_sm (1830) on 2001.07.27 18:29 (#1380)
While I understand Mundie's opinion that government-funded code should be public domain, there is more to it than that. Say a government agency (let's say, the NSA) had two choices:
- Under the "Shared Source" initiative, make changes to the Windows operating system to make it more secure
- Hire a couple developers and have them hack the Linux kernel to make it more secure
Which are they likely to do? More importantly, which benefits the taxpayers the most? With the first option, they are writing code that will only benefit Microsoft, a private company. With the second option, they are writing code that any person or company can benefit from, for free.

So the question is, which is better?
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